What is the opposite of the opposite of negative nine?

Which equation and solution can be used to solve this problem? thirteen less than a number is sixteen. 13-n=16: add 13 to both sides. the answer is 29. n+13=16: subtract 13 from both sides. the answer is 3. n+16=13 subtract 13 from both sides. the answer is 3. n-13=16: add 13 to both sides. the answer is 29.

Quadrilateral wxyz is on a coordinate plane. segment yz is on the line x+y=7 and segment xw is on the line x+y=3. which statement proves how segments yz and xw are related

How can writing phrases as algebraic expressions you solve problems?