Question

X - (-2) = 10
what is x

Answer 1

x = 12

Explanation:

x - (-2) = 10 | Given

x - 2 = 10 | Distribute (whenever there is a minus on the outside of a parenthesis imagine a -1 on the outside, and flip the signs of everything on the inside)

x = 12 | Add 2 to both sides.