Anonymous Anonymous

28-09-2015
Mathematics

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when you subtract one negative integer from another, will your answer be greater than or less than the integer you started with??explain you reasoning and give an example.

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Anonymous Anonymous

28-09-2015

so say for example u have -7 - (-5), think of subtracting integers as adding the opposite, so ur adding the opposite of -5, the opposite of -5 is 5, so ur adding -7 and 5= -2
another one: -15 - (-18)
again, adding the opposite. -15 plus positive 18= 3

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