The answer is B. He is incorrect because he should have only 5 factors of 3.
<span>42.7−<span>(<span>−12.4</span>)
</span></span><span>=<span>42.7−<span>(<span>−12.4</span>)
</span></span></span><span>=<span>42.7+12.4
</span></span><span>=<span>55.1</span></span>
Yes they are both equivalents because they are whole's and some examples would be 8/8,9/9,4/4. and 5/5 because they are all whole's 7 out of 7 pieces of pizza is the whole pizza.
-5, because when plugging the -1 in for x then multiplying it by 5, you get -5
