Question

Find a number that is 24 more than its opposite.

Answer 1

Opposite?

Answer 2

hint: the opposite of 24 is its negative

Answer 3

So ambiguous questions these days. lol

Answer 4

So is the equation is 24x=-24?

Answer 5

no..

Answer 6

No...
Hint:

If your number is ♥, then its opposite is -♥ and your equation is

♥ = 24 + (-♥)

Answer 7

i said opposite of 24 is -24...in your case it's opposite of a number (not 24)

Answer 8

So in the equation there's no positive 24

Answer 9

there is... positive 24 would be the "24 more than"

more than means add so 24 more than means add 24

make sense?

Answer 10

Yes, @abb50 is right.

Answer 11

yes it does

Answer 12

Let x be the number.
Since it is 24 more than its opposite, then x - (-x) = 24.
This means 2x = 24 or x = ???

Answer 13

opposite may mean 42 .

Answer 14

No, it should be -24

Answer 15

a=-24+24=0