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Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply. The expression -(-3.5) is equivalent to 3.5. The opposite of 0 is itself. The opposite of -3.5 is located 3.5 units to the right of 0 on the number line. The opposite of 3.5 is positive.

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The following statements are true

- The expression -(-3.5) is equivalent to 3.5. The product of 2 minus sign will give a positive sign i.e -*- = + hence -(-3.5) = (-*-)*35 = +35 = 35.

- The opposite of 0 is itself. There is no negative value of zero hence 0 is still the same as -0 making the opposite of zero to still be be zero. The minus sign in -0 is insignificant due to the insignificance of the zero digit.

- The opposite of -3.5 is located 3.5 units to the right of 0 on the number line. Fora number line, the origin is always located at the centre. The value to the right are along the positive x-axis and are all positive values while the values located towards the left are the negative x-axis. The opposite value of - 3.5 is gotten by negating the value of -3.5 i.e -(-3.5) to give +3.5 and +3.5 is a positive value which is located towards the right of a number line.

This makes the fourth statement to be False

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