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Simplify.
a. -40 = (-5)

User Maylee
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Answer:

This is false and cannot be solved

Explanation:

An equation needs to have a variable and in this expression, both sides are unequal or not equal and also doesn't have a variable. -40 = (-5) ---> -40 = -5 hence this is not equal and cannot be solved.

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