document.write( "Question 53412This question is from textbook Prentice Hall Mathematics Algebra 1
\n" ); document.write( ": What is -p - 24 = -8? I tried to solve it and I got -16. But when I check -16 - 24 it equals -40.
\n" ); document.write( "First I did -p - 24 = -8
\n" ); document.write( " +24 +24
\n" ); document.write( " -p = 16
\n" ); document.write( " -1(-p) = -1(16)
\n" ); document.write( " p = -16
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