Raymond W. answered 08/30/15
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4*(-1) means 4 times -1 which is equal to -4. And (-27)/(-1) means -27 divided by -1 which is equal to 27 since a negative divided by a negative is always positive. Therefore the answer is -4+27 which is equal to 23.