Shana, who lives in Canada, and Pearl, who lives in Pennsylvania, were discussing the weather. Shana complained about the cold temperature of - 20 C. Pearl, who lives in Pennsylvania, mentioned that her temperature was the opposite of Shana's. Which is the correct way to represent "the opposite of Shana's temperature is equal to Pearl's"?

- - 20 = 20

- (-20) = - 20

- (20) = - 20

- - (20) = 20

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Sarahi Meyers

1 April, 01:54

Shana, who lives in Canada, and Pearl, who lives in Pennsylvania, were discussing the weather. Shana complained about the cold temperature of - 20 C. Pearl, who lives in Pennsylvania, mentioned that her temperature was the opposite of Shana's. Which is the correct way to represent "the opposite of Shana's temperature is equal to Pearl's"?

- - 20 = 20

- (-20) = - 20

- (20) = - 20

- - (20) = 20

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Maeve Lang · Answer 1

- - 20 = 20

Step-by-step explanation:

The "opposite" here means we take the negative of - 20 C.

So we can write - - 20 which is equal to 20.

So the first option is correct, - - 20 = 20.

Kate Gilbert · Answer 2

- - 20 = 20