operative priority with multiple signs

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hi everyone I'm confused with the following problem.

-+-(-5)

how I can resolve this?. first change the value inside of parenthesis or I begin from left to right?.

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This is the same as saying $-1 * 1 * -1 * -5$, so order does not matter (commutative property of multiplication). The answer would be -5.