Juan noticed that if he takes the opposite of his age and adds 40, he gets the number 28: How old is Juan? Write
an equation and solve. Use a for his age.

-a + 40 = 28, a = 12

Step-by-step explanation:

If he takes the opposite of his age, that means the current number is negative. We can get -a + 40 = 28, we can then simplify by subtracting both sides by 40 and getting -a = -12 which is equal to a = 12

a complex number is a number that can be expressed in the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers, and i is a solution of the equation x2 = −1. because no real number satisfies this equation, i is called an imaginary number. has no real solution, since the square of a real number cannot be negative.