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Question 67044: I have a question about a symbol. It's an addition sign over a subtraction sign. What does that mean??
~Thanks so much. Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The symbol you are refering to is called..."plus or minus" and it's a way of showing that the quantity following the symbol can be either positive or negative. Here's an example: This means that the value of x can be either: or
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