\(\begin{array}{l}A = \left( { - \dfrac{3}{{11}}} \right) + \dfrac{{11}}{8} - \dfrac{3}{8} + \left( { - \dfrac{8}{{11}}} \right)\\ = \left[ {\left( { - \dfrac{3}{{11}}} \right) + \left( { - \dfrac{8}{{11}}} \right)} \right] + \left( {\dfrac{{11}}{8} - \dfrac{3}{8}} \right)\\ = \dfrac{{ - 11}}{{11}} + \dfrac{8}{8} = - 1 + 1 = 0\end{array}\)