The answer could be negative or positive. We are not given specific as to whether or not the starting number is positive or negative so therefore it could be either.
Hope this is helpful :)
The statement is false because when you use distributive property, you get -12=-4+16 and when you add 16 to -4, you'll get 12, not -12, making the statement false.
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The answer I got is 3. I attached above my solutions. I hope that helps :))