SOLUTION: what is the difference between x-3 and 3-x?

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Question 140152: what is the difference between x-3 and 3-x?
Answer by scott8148(6628)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
they are negatives of each other

you can get one by multiplying the other by -1

they sum to zero, so they are additive inverses

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