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Hugo thinks that the equation below is true.

(-3) + (-8) - 4 = (-3) - 8 - 1
Is he correct? Explain why or why not.
(Explain pleaeeee)

User Amit Merin
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Answer: In other cases, guessing the correct answer is not so easy.Give students the equation 4 + 1 = 7 − 2, and ask them the following questions: 1. we get another equation that is also true. −3. 2. = 2 . 2. MP.8 could say, “Add 100 to both.

Explanation:

User OFca
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Ans TRUE! pretty simple.read explanation

Step-by-step explanation:

3 plus minus 8 and -4 (first equaution A) =is -9

(-3)-8-1 =(equation b) is = -9

User Alexey Kozhevnikov
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