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Logic Level 4

$\LARGE 9 \ \ \ 8 \ \ \ 7 \ \ \ 6 \ \ \ 5 \ \ \ 4 \ \ \ 3 \ \ \ 2 \ \ \ 1 \ \ \ = \ \ 100$

Without touching the right side of the equation, find a way to make the equation above true. You are only allowed to use mathematical operators like addition and subtraction only.

Find a possible way to make the above equation true such that you used the least number of mathematical operators. Let $A$ denote the number of addition signs used and $S$ denote the number of subtraction sign used. Find the value of $3A+4S$ .

Details And Assumptions:

As an explicit example if the equation $9+8-7-6-5+4+3-2-1=100$ is true, then you have used 4 addition signs and 5 subtraction signs. So $A=4 \ , \ S=5$ .
You can combine the digits as well.That is $98765+43+21$ .
You must keep the digits in order (from left to right).That is $9+87+65+4321$ is valid but $9+78+56+3421$ is not allowed.