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Aman is adding -17+9. He wants to write -17 as the sum of two numbers so that one of the numbers , when added to 9, will equal 0. How should Aman write -17 to complete this problem?

-17+9=___+___+9

-17+9=___+0

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Answer: -{9+8}

-9-8=-17

Explanation:

if u add -9 to 9 you get 0 and if u add -9 to -8 you get -17 that's i got the answer

User Alessandro Mautone
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Explanation:

-17+9= -8 + (-9) +9

-17+9= -8 + 0

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