Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}-3\cdot(2+(-3))& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}-3\cdot(-1) \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}3\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Combine like terms: $$ \color{blue}{2} \color{blue}{-3} = \color{blue}{-1} $$ |
| ② | $ -3 \cdot ( -1 ) = 3 $ |