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John makes and sells cookies. He made a profit of 58 dollars last week. The next week he decided to donate cookies to a local charity. His profit (earnings) for that week is represented by -27 since he didn't earn any money. Write a subtraction and addition expression to represent John's profit for the two weeks combined.

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Answer:

Addition expression: 58+(-27)

Subtraction expression: 58-27

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