Answer
$-7$
Work Step by Step
In this problem, when you see a positive ($+$) and a negative ($-$) sign together, then the negative ($-$) sign dominates.
For this problem, we can rewrite the expression as:
$7 - 5 - 13 + 4$
Now we evaluate this expression. Since we are only adding or subtracting the numbers, we add or subtract directly from left to right:
$2 - 13 + 4$ = $-11 + 4$ = $-7$
$-7$ is your answer.
