A student five and a half feet tall stands opposite of a mirror from a flagpole. The distance between the student and the mirror is 6 feet and the distance from the mirror to the flagpole is 14 feet. What is the height of the flagpole?​

exa:

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3+11

14

step-by-step explanation:

from this example, we can see that subtracting with integers is the same as adding the opposite. we can solve using a number line or by using the saying "keep, change, change" to us solve. it is important to remember that we can subtract a negative and end up with a larger number than we started with.