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On a horizontal number line, the opposite of -5 is to the of zero and is written as .

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Answer:

5

Explanation:

The opposite of a number basically means the number on the opposite side of zero. A way to convert -5 to the other side of 0 is by adding a negative sign.

-(-5)=

5

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