Question 992975: I do not understand how this problem becomes a negative after changing the -24 to a positive:
b = -24
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29
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, stanbon:
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When subtracting a  number from a  number, remember the words  and  . That is, the  of the two numbers and  the  as you normally would, but at the end the result by attaching a   .
For example, to find  , you switch the order of these two numbers, giving you  , which equals  ; then this result to get  . That’s why  .
so, if you have  and changing the  to a positive, (even I do not see why it need to be changed) then you will have  which means you are subtracting  (larger absolute value) from  (smaller absolute value); so, result is negative number
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Answer by stanbon(75887)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! b = -24
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29
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(b/29) = -24
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Multiply both sides by 29 to get::
b = 29*(-24)
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b = -696
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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