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What is the answer for this?
1) v−17 = −29.

User Xing Shi
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v - 17 = -29
v = -29 + 17
v = -12

The 17 is now positive because it have been flipped to the other side.
For example:
2x - 14 = -20 -4x
2x + 4x = -20 + 14
6x = -6
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