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If x represents an integer how would you express its negative

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Answer:
-x

Explanation:

It is important to remember that:

- Integers contains the positive numbers (+), negative numbers (-) and zero.

- The numbers greater than zero are Positive Integers.

- The numbers less than zero are Negative integers.

- An integer and its opposite have the same distance from zero, but they are located on opposite sides of the number line.

In this case we know that
x is a Positive Integer, therefore, based on the information mentioned before, we can say that its negative (or its opposite) is:


-x

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