Question

Which is an equivalent expression to positive eighteen minus negative twenty-nine?

negative eighteen plus positive twenty-nine
positive twenty-nine plus positive eighteen
negative eighteen minus positive twenty-nine
negative twenty-nine minus negative eighteen

Answer 1

please somebody

Answer 2

They all equal 47 ughhh

Answer 3

@AriPotta can you help

Answer 4

will give medal

Answer 5

Also will fan

Answer 6

@recon14193 i will medal and fan if you answer but do you understand

Answer 7

so I think it might be a good Idea to use the numbers rather than type it out first

Answer 8

18-(-29) this is equal to 18+29=47

Answer 9

so that is your first indicator of what could be an equivalent expression but as a double check we can look at the other answers' solutions

Answer 10

-18+29=11

Answer 11

we already saw how 18+29 would be equivalent

Answer 12

-18-(+29) the plus is irrelevant so we can write it as -18-29=-47

Answer 13

-29-(-18)=-29+18=-11

Answer 14

so we can see the only one equal here would be 29+18

Answer 15

Thank you

Answer 16

this is something you can verify with the calculator but I would recommend in the future writing out your work

Answer 17

do you understand where you made your errors though

Answer 18

Yes i do

Answer 19

alright good