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Jane completes several example problems that ask her to find the opposite of the opposite of a number, and for each example, a result is a positive number. Jane concludes that when she takes the opposite of the opposite of any number, the result will always be positive. Is Jane correct? Why or Why Not?

User Eike Thies
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Answer:

no she is not correct. is you start with a negative then its opposite's opposite will be negative

Explanation:

EXAMPLE:

-5 ⇒ 5

5 ⇒ -5

*the arrow represents changing the number to its opposite*

User Will Schoenberger
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