Answer
True
Work Step by Step
RECALL:
Opposite numbers have opposite signs.
Examples are:
$-3$ and $3$
$-8$ and $8$
$12$ and $-12$
Thus, the opposite of $-5$ is $5$.
Therefore, the given statement is true.
Elementary Algebra
by Kaufmann, Jerome; Schwitters, Karen;
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
1285194055
ISBN 13:
978-1-28519-405-9
Chapter 1 - Some Basic Concepts of Arithmetic and Algebra - 1.3 - Integers: Addition and Subtraction - Concept Quiz 1.3 - Page 19: 9
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