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What situation represents the opposite of -5?

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Answer:

5

Explanation:

In this case, "opposite" means "opposite sign."

If we start with -5 and find the opposite sign of this expression, we get

-(-5), or 5.

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Opposite of an integer is also known as additive inverse of an integer

The additive inverse for -5 is +5

Hope it helps
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