SOLUTION: After solving A=B+C+D for B, a student compared her answer with that at the back of the textbook. could this problem have two different looking answers? Explain why or why not.

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Question 872111: After solving A=B+C+D for B, a student compared her answer with that at the back of the textbook. could this problem have two different looking answers? Explain why or why not.
Students answer: B=A-C-D Books Answer: B=A-D-C
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Yes, because they are the same answer.
B=A-%28C%2BD%29 is the same as B=A-%28D%2BC%29
because
C%2BD=D%2BC