Question

this is a fill in the missing number
-11+-28+-46+_____+20=-94
I took what was given and did the calculation then I subtracted -94 to get my missing answer. When I checked my answer it was incorrect. I got
-65 as the missing number. Please advise. Thanks

Answer 1

whoops hold on, messed up my bad
-11-28 = -39 - 46 = -85 + 20 = -65
-94 + 65 =29

Answer 2

let's say x is the missing number
so u have -11+(-28)+(-46)+x+20=-94
-11-28-46+x+20=-94
x=-94+11+28+46-20
x=-29

Answer 3

yeah there you go...

Answer 4

ok but why did the signs on the number change when solving for x?
example -11 to 11 -28 to 28 etc...

Answer 5

u see when u have for example
x-5=8 u have to add 5 to both sides so that u can get x(cause -a+a=0)
x-5+5=8+5
x=13

so tht's what we did,we added 11,28,46 and -20 to both sides so tht we can have only x in the left side

Answer 6

Oh yeah, I forgot that part....Thanks :-)

Answer 7

ur welcome :)

Answer 8

-12+-43+---- =-11 well i added up -12+-43 and got -55 then i took -55minus -11 and got 44 but im not sure if thats is the answer to the problem