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Question 733354: graphing an equation on a coordinate grid, the equation is -x=y+2, now the answers i was given was (2,-4)(1,-3), which would make x a positive not a negative....but the equation is "-x" so why is x positive????? help!! Thank you,
Tamra Schnyder Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are two things which you must get used to in algebra:
A POSITIVE VARIABLE very often equals to a NEGATIVE NUMBER, and also as in this case:
A NEGATIVE VARIABLE very often equals to a POSITIVE NUMBER.
Edwin
