document.write( "Question 468013: How do you solve a question with a negative variable, if the variable itself has a minus sign? Ex:
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Algebra.Com's Answer #321094 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "-abc = (-1)abc  |More properly the 'minus' indicates a (-1) preceeding the variable
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document.write( "   When a = -1  then  (-1)(-1)bc = bc  OR (1)bc \n" );
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