[tex]7 - 8 \times 7 = - 49[/tex]
firstly we need to multiply 8 by 7
[tex]7 - 8 \times 7 = 7 - 56[/tex]
Now we need to subtract the negative from the positive number. To do this, we will rewrite the difference in the form of
[tex]7 - 56 = - (56 - 7) = - 49[/tex]