Question

True or False: by using the additive inverse property -64 - (-17) can be rewritten as -64 + 17

Answer 1

Explanation:

Additive inverse is when you have a positive number, for example, and it becomes a negative.

Example: 8

The additive inverse of 8 is -8.

So the answer is false.

-64+17 and -64-(-17) is an example of communative property.

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