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What is the answer to six times a number plus eight equals five times the same number minus five?
The number is -13.
What is a positive minus a negative number?
"Minus a negative number" is the same as "plus a positive number" so you have a positive plus a positive number - making a bigger positive number.
What is 2 times a number minus 17 plus 20 times a number minus 9?
2 times a number minus 17 plus 20 times a number minus 9 is the same as 2x - 17 + 20x - 9 = 22x - 26
What number plus what same number equals 1?
0.5+0.5= 1.
Why do you use subtraction when you add a positive integer and a negative integer?
Because adding a negative is the same as subtracting a positive. In other words, minus a plus is he same as plus a minus. For example 5+ (-3) = 5-3 = +2 5 -(+3) = 5-3 = +2 Remember minus a plus = = minus plus a minus = minus plus a plus = plus minus a minus = plus
What plus what equals 450 that is the same number?
225
What is the answer to six times a number plus eight equals five times the same number minus five?
The number is -13.
Does plus minus mean plus?
Same mathematical signs equal plus Different mathematical signs equal minus Plus Plus = Plus (+)(+) = + Minus Minus = Plus (-)(-) = + Plus Minus = Minus (+)(-) = - Minus Plus = Minus (-)(+) = - So the direct answer to your question would be: plus minus equals minus
What does -7 plus 10 equals?
-7 plus 10 is the same as 10 minus 7, which is 3.
9x-3x minus 12 plus 10 equals 2x plus 18 plus 4x-20?
this is the same as 6x - 2 = 6x - 2! There are an infinite number of possibilities for "x".
What is a positive minus a negative number?
"Minus a negative number" is the same as "plus a positive number" so you have a positive plus a positive number - making a bigger positive number.
What is 2 times a number minus 17 plus 20 times a number minus 9?
2 times a number minus 17 plus 20 times a number minus 9 is the same as 2x - 17 + 20x - 9 = 22x - 26
Can you explain why subtracting an integer is adding its opposite?
plus times plus = plus minus times plus = minus plus times minus = minus minus times minus = plus so when you subtract a number it is the same as adding its negative; for example 7 - 4 = 3 7 + (1)(-4) = 3
If you have a product of two numbers and you find the product of the opposites of the numbers you get the same result.?
yes. An opposite number is the negative of a positive number, for example -5 and +5 are opposite numbers. Since minus x plus is minus and plus x minus is minus and plus x plus is plus and minus x minus is plus then the product of opposites is the same.
What is forty eight minus negative twelve?
When you minus a negative number it is the same as adding a positive number, since minus a negative number is a plus. So 48 minus (-12) is 48 + 12 = 60
Why -2 times minus 2 equals plus 4?
When two numbers have the same sign, whether plus or minus, their product is positive. When two numbers have opposite signs, their product is negative.
Do the equations x equals 4y plus 1 and x eqauls 4y minus 1 have the same solution?
No.
