Question

Subtract −b+3 ​​from −11b−4 ​. What is the answer?

Answer 1

That is the same as $(-11b-4)-(-b+3)[/tex}. Negatives are gross, so let's distribute it. Remember, that negative can be turned into a positive by changing the sign on every term in the parentheses. It's called distributing the negative. So we can change it to [tex](-11b-4)+(b-3)$.  Now it's just basic addition.

$-11b-4+b-3 = -10b-7$

So your final answer is:

$-10b-7$

Answer 2

-11b-4 - -b+3 = -10b-7