Step-by-step explanation: First, multiply -2 and -12 to get 24.
24/3 = 8
Then do -2 + -4 which is -6.
8 -(-6)
Now we do 8 + 6 (yes + sign) because when there is a subtraction sign before and right after the parentheses you add. (It also kinda looks like a plus sign see -(- + resemblance?)
