You would use PEMDAS, which means Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition" and then subtraction. You would solve the problem in that order
I believe it is neither
For one if you plug in either of them the first one is going to be negative 3. But if you use the second one then your answer would be -3+12= -10 but -3+12 is 9 so I would go with neither because I don't see how it's both
composite numbers less than 12={1,3,4,6,8,9,10}
Coordinates are written in the form (x,y), x being a certain length along the horizontal x axis and y being a certain height along the vertical y axis. Positive y numbers are in the top half of the plane and negative y numbers are on the bottom. Positive x numbers are on the right side of the plane and negative x numbers are on the left. Therefore, (3,-7) would be 3 across to the right from the origin (where the x and y axes intersect) at (3,0) and 7 downwards from that point to (3,-7).
