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What expression is equivalent to (-5)-8?

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Two expressions are said to be equivalent if they have the same value irrespective of the value of the variable(s) in them.

Step-by-step explanation:Consider the expressions 32+1 and 5×2 . Both are equal to 10 . That is, they are equivalent expressions.

Now let us consider some expressions that include variables, say 5x+2 .

The expression can be rewritten as 5x+2=x+x+x+x+x+1+1 .

We can re-group the right side of the equation to 2x+3x+1+1 or x+4x+2 or some other combination. All these expressions have the same value, whenever the same value is substituted for x . That is, they are equivalent expressions.

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