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Cash Drawer Balance Adjustment Reconciliation

A retail manager is reconciling a daily cash register log. The system records two consecutive debit adjustments as 'the sum of -8 dollars and -12 dollars'. To reconcile the ledger, this combined debit amount must then be 'increased by 7 dollars'.

According to the algebraic rules of translation and simplification:

  1. Write the initial translated algebraic expression using brackets to group the sum first.
  2. State the final simplified dollar value of this net adjustment (use a negative sign for a net deficit, e.g., -13 dollars).

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