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What is the answer?-15 = 2r + 1

User Dan Sewell
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Answer:

r=-8

Explanation:

-15 = 2r + 1. we know 2r has to be -16 because -16 + 1 = -15. -16 / 2 = -8

User Sisyphe
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Answer:

The answer is r=-8

Explanation:

-15 = 2r + 1

-15-1=2r+1-1

-16=2r

-16/2=2r/2

-8=r

User Marcel Overdijk
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