Question

A teacher that likes two different numbers p and q and states that p plus q equals 0 which statement could be true about these two numbers

(A)both numbers are positive
(B)both numbers are negative
(C)one number is zero in the other is positive
(D)one number is positive and the other is negative
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Answer 1

D, one number is positive and the other is negative. The only way it could equal 0 is to cross the other out. An example is, -5+5=0