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Equation: -19 = x + (-18)
Answer: x =

User Woko
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Answer:

Explanation:

turn the equation around to look like this so you don’t get confused:

x + (-18) = (-19)

And what you do on one side, you do to the other side

x + (-18) = -19

+18 +18

The reason we added is because if the number in the middle is the opposite we would add together to zero and vice versa if it was a positive we would subtract

So now we have

x + _ = -1

And really we can take plus and the underline away

so…

The final answer is…..

x = -1

Your welcome :)

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