document.write( "Question 689209: 17-a=17 my math teacher says there is no solution to this problem. I say the zero property supersedes no negative variables and the answer is 0. Please help. \n" ); document.write( "

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Unless this is some kind of alien math, there is no such rule as \"no negative variables\".

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