Hello there! To solve this question, you must do order of operations, which is PEMDAS. You solve what's in the parenthesis first, then you solve the exponents, then do multiplication and division from left to right and you add and subtract from left to right. In this problem, we divide first. 8/-2 is -4. Anytime you divide a positive by a negative, the answer will be negative. Now, multiply by 4. -4 * 4 is -16. Again, you multiply a negative and a positive number, which means the answer will be negative. Now, you add 9, which means that the number in front of the negative sign will be smaller. 16 - 9 is 7. Plug the negative sign back in, and you get -7. There. Your answer is -7.
