Answer:
5a + (-6a) + (-2b) + 2b + (-3) = -a -3 or -(a + 3) so first answer is correct because -(a + 3) is the same as -(3 + a)
Step-by-step explanation:
For this case we have the number in exponential notation:

We observe that the exponent of the exponential notation is positive.
Therefore, to express the number as a whole number, we must move the comma 6 spaces to the right.
We have then:

Answer:
this distance written as a whole number is:
miles
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Answer: 19</h3>
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Explanation:
Draw out a number line. Plot -7 and 12 on the number line. Draw in the tickmarks between them. You should find the distance from -7 to 12 is 19 units since you need to go 19 spaces from either -7 to 12, or vice versa.
You can use subtraction to get
-7-12 = -19
or
12-(-7) = 12+7 = 19
The final result is made positive since negative distance does not make sense.
So you'd have |-7-12| = |-19| = 19 or |12-(-7)| = |19| = 19.
All of this only works because the two y coordinates are the same, which makes a horizontal line through the two given points.
It can be x = 3 and x = -15