Answer:
a- 32
b-66
c-4
d-57
I tried.
Step-by-step explanation:
The answer is D! 4(2a + 3) = 8a + 12
-16 + 3n = -(8 + 5n)
The - sign outside the parentheses acts as a -1, and so it is distributed to each term in the parentheses.
-16 + 3n = -8 - 5n
+16
3n = 8 - 5n
+5n
8n = 8
/8
n = 1
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Answer: 10</h3>
Subtracting a negative is the same as adding a positive. So 2-(-8) is really 2+8 = 10.
With something like 2-8, we start at 2 and move to the left 8 units to arrive at -6 on the number line. When we do 2-(-8), we start at 2 and move 8 units in the opposite direction since -8 is the opposite of 8.
In terms of money, you can think of a negative number as an IOU or it represents the amount of debt. Writing -8 means you are 8 dollars in debt. If we subtract away debt, then we have less of it and effectively its the same as adding dollars to your pocket. Subtracting away 8 dollars of debt is the same as adding 8 dollars to your pocket, which is one interpretation of how 2-(-8) is the same as 2+8.