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-14 + x = 5

x = 19 {added 14 to both sides}

D.

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with these kind of questions, it is always best to isolate the x, while still keeping the equation balanced, and it will produce your answer, for example, in this question,

-14 + x =5

you want to move the negative 14 to the other side of the equation,

how you do this is you figure out what the opposite number to the one you are trying to move is (the opposite number is always just the same number, except for opposite negative or positive, thus, in this case, the opposite of -14 is +14 (positive 14))

take the opposite number you are trying to move, and add it to both sides, to keep the equation balanced, so if the number you want to switch is a negative, add the opposite positive, and if it is a positive, adding the negative would be the same as simply subtracting it, this process would look like this:

-14 + x = 5

+14 +14

x = 5 +14

and all you have to do is figure it out from there,

hope this helped

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I think it will be hard for you to move forward in math if you can't do this question.

-14+x=5

you want to solve for x - which in this case means get x alone on the left side of the equation.

add 14 to both sides: 14-14+x=5+14

x=19

The answer is D.

x=19

the equation that you need is -14 - -19 = 5

-19 = x

OR you could do it differently will get the same answer -14 + 19 =5

It is D