Question
The opposite number of – 5 is______
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Hint:
Two numbers are said to opposites of each other, if their sum add up to 0.
The correct answer is: 5
We are asked to find the opposite of – 5. Let that be x. Thus, we have:
. Solving the equation, we have:
![x plus left parenthesis negative 5 right parenthesis equals 0
x equals 5](data:image/png;base64,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)
Hence, the correct answer is option d.
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