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1.On field day, the P.E. coach divides the students into two groups, Positives and Negatives. He wants to have the same amount of students of each group on each side of a rope, to play Tug-of-War.

He uses the following expression to figure out how many students of a certain group he still needs to create an even match.

–5 + 20

Evaluate the expression and write the answer below. Write only a number, either positive or negative. No letters

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Answer:

-15

Explanation:

because -5 + 20 = -15.

The coach needs 15 negative players to join the negative team in order to get 20 players (which would make the teams even)

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