Is the statment true 32 + (-17) is 17 units from 32 in the positive direction

What is the 12th term of b(n)=-4-2(n-1)

Hector and alex traded video games. alex gave hector one fourth of his video games in exchange for 6 video games. then he sold 3 video games and gave 2 video games to his brother. alex ended up with 16 video games. how many video games did alex have when he started?

Mat bought a phone for $100. he has to pay $30 per mouth. if he has paid $640 in total, how many mouth has he had the phone?