Shana, who lives in Canada, and Pearl, who lives in Pennsylvania, were discussing the weather. Shana complained about the cold temperature of Negative 20 degrees Celsius. Pearl, who lives in Pennsylvania, mentioned that her temperature was the opposite of Shana’s. Which is the correct way to represent “the opposite of Shana’s temperature is equal to Pearl’s”?

Question

Negative 20 = 20
Negative (negative 20) = negative 20
Negative (20) = negative 20
Negative (negative 20) = 20

Answer 1

The correct way to represent "the opposite of Shana’s temperature is equal to Pearl’s" is:

Negative (negative 20) = 20

This is because the opposite of negative 20 degrees Celsius is positive 20 degrees Celsius.