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Samuel walks forward 19 steps . He represented the movement with a positive 19 .How would he represent the opposite of this number.

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To represent the opposite of this number, if it is positive nineteen, he would need to first take nineteen steps back to reach his original position which in this case represents zero. He would then need to take another nineteen steps backwards, to reach negative nineteen.

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To represent the opposite of this number, if it is positive nineteen, he would need to first take nineteen steps back to reach his original position which in this case represents zero. He would then need to take another nineteen steps backwards, to reach negative nineteen.
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