Drag each expression to show whether it is equivalent to −2.6−(−5.9) -2.6 x - -5.9 x , −2.6+(−5.9) -2.6 x + -5.9 x , or neither.

is equivalent to and

is equivalent to and .

The expressions which are equivalent to neither:

and

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the expressions:

1)

2)

To find:

The expressions equivalent to the given expressions.

or the expressions which are not equivalent to any of the given expressions.

Solution:

First of all, let us solve the brackets from the given expressions.

can be written as (because when we multiply a negative sign with negative, it becomes positive.)

Similarly can be written as (because when we multiply a positive sign with negative, it becomes negative.)

Therefore, the answer is:

is equivalent to and

is equivalent to and .

The expressions which are equivalent to neither:

and

or

step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

⇒

⇒ ⇒

factorizing, we get that:

  ⇒

then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!