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Solve for a.

a+(−7)=−17

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Answer: a= (-10)

Explanation:

step 1- move the -7 to the other side of the equal sign to combine with -17.

step 2- to do this we need to make -7 positive so instead of (-17) -7, it would be (-17) +7.

step 3- leaving you with

a= (-10) hope this helped :)

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