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Which of the following questions describes the equation g + (-4) = -5?

What number, when subtracted from negative five, is equal to negative four?
What number, when added to negative five, is equal to negative four?
What number, when added to negative four, is equal to negative five?
What number, when subtracted from negative four, is equal to negative five?

User Golldy
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Answer:

the third option, "what number, when added to negative four, is equal to negative five?"

Step-by-step explanation:

"what number, when added to negative four, is equal to negative five?" can be expressed as g + (- 4) = - 5, which is the same as in the equation.

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User Onejeet
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Answer: What number, when added to negative four is equal to negative five.

Step-by-step explanation:

Rearange the numbers to get -4+g=-5.

This eqation now reads -4 plus a number g is equal to -5, and can also be read as what number (g) added to -4 = -5.

If we were to solve for g we would get g= -1.

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