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Which accurately shows how to use inverse operations to find the value of a in a + 5 = 14?

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To use inverse to solve the operation we shall proceed as follows:
a+5=14
using the additive inverse property we shall have:
a+5+(-5)=14+(-5)
simplifying the above we get:
a+5-5=14-5
a+0=9
thus
a=9
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