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Two different pairs of negative integers, x and y, that make the statement x − y = −1 true
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Two different pairs of negative integers, x and y, that make the statement x − y = −1 true
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No, X+Y (both of them being negative integers) equal -1. Just a small miscalculation.
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one way is
solve for x
add y to both sides
x=y-1
sub negative values for y and get negative values for x
if y=-1, x=-2
if y=-3, x=-4
and so on
some points
(-2,-1)
(-3,-2)
(-4,-3)
(-5,-4)
(-6,-5)
etc
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