Q.5 Area of a square is expressed as 2- 26x + 169. Find the length of its sides

the length of its sides should be -26 and x should represent the number of sides or number of times to multiply -26.

Step-by-step explanation:

Additive inverse is the number that when added to a number yields 0.

This is the negation of that number or expression.

The additive inverse of is

Distribute the negative sign across all the terms in the parentheses. This is the same thing as multiplying each term by -1.