Question

Which of the following questions describes the equation w + 9 = -17? What number, A. when decreased by nine, is equal to negative seventeen?
B. What number, when added to negative seventeen, equals nine?
C. What number, when increased by nine, results in negative seventeen?
D. What number, when subtracted from nine, equals negative seventeen?

Answer 1

The answer is C. Hope I helped!

Answer 2

Hello there! Thank you for asking your question here at Brainly! I will be assisting you in answering this question today.

First, let's write our equation.
w + 9 = -17
We have "w + 9", which means "a number, w, is added to 9", and we have "= -17", which means "is equal to negative 17".
To solve for this, let's rewrite what's in quotation marks.

w + 9. A number, w, is added to 9 is equal to negative 17.

The answer choice that best matches this is "C.)", as it increases our number by 9 and is equal to negative 17.

I hope this helps!