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What is the value of s – 11.5 when s = –4.6

User Mgulan
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So you put -4.6 in where s is:

-4.6-11.5

Then I see that your subtracting so its going to be an even smaller negative solution:

-4.6-11.5=-16.1

You can check by taking -16.1 and adding 11.5 you get s which is -4.6

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\rm s=-4.6 \\ -4.6-11.5=-(4.6+11.5) \\ \\ 11.50+ \\ \underline{~~4.60} \\ 16.10 \\ \\ \boxed{\bold{Answer:-16.10}}
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