-18 12 -27 -9 16

felix found the correct sum of the five integers. what is the correct sum?

pls somebody answer is it -82 or 36

-26

Step-by-step explanation:

Sum is the addition of two or more integers. The sum of negative and positive integers must always consider the sign before a number for the given numbers, we shall add them one by one as follows

-18+12=-6

-6+-27=-33

-33+-9=-42

-42+16=-26

Therefore, the sum is -26 which is not among the options given although this is the right answer

what "following statement"?

step-by-step explanation:

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b