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Depends which has the larger absolute value:
Eg: -6 - (-10) = -6 + 10 = 4, a positive answer
-6 - (-4) = -6 + 4 = -2, a negative answer
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What is a negative number subtracted by a positive?
its a negative number.
When a negative number is subtracted from a positive number is the difference always positive?
Yes, a negative number subtracted from a positive number will always be positive. Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding the opposite of the negative number. The opposite of a negative number is always positive. A positive number plus a positive number is always positive.
What does a negative number in parenthesis being subtracted by another number mean?
a positive answer
What is the quotient of negative thirty two and negative two?
16. Negative times divided subtracted or added to another negative number always equals a positive answer.
marissa subtracted a negative number from a positive number. her result was negative. is that reasonable?
No. When you subtract negative numbers, they have the same effect as if you added a positive number. In this scenario as described, the only result would be a positive number.
What is a negtive number subtracted by a negative number equal?
negative number subtracted FROM a negative number will be negative
What is a negative number subtracted by a positive?
its a negative number.
What negative number and positive number subtracted equal positive 7?
A negative number subtracted by a positive number will always end up negative.
When a positive number is subtracted from zero what is the correct answer?
When a positive number is subtracted from zero the result is a negative number.
When a negative number is subtracted from a positive number is the difference always positive?
Yes, a negative number subtracted from a positive number will always be positive. Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding the opposite of the negative number. The opposite of a negative number is always positive. A positive number plus a positive number is always positive.
When negative five is subtracted from a number the result is 10 Find the number?
The number is 5.
What does a negative number in parenthesis being subtracted by another number mean?
a positive answer
What do you get when a negative number is subtracted from a positive number?
The sign of the answer will always be a positive number because subtracting a negative is the same as adding a positive (
When negative five is subtracted from a number the result is 10?
5 - (-5) = 10
Why do negative and negative become positive?
A negative and a negative can yield a positive result in some cases.SubtractionSubtracting a negative number is the same as adding its negative value, which is positive. So if the subtracted number is larger in value, the answer will be positive.(-4) - (-3) = (-4) + 3 = (-1) * the subtracted number was not large enough(-4) - (-8) = (-4) + 8 = 4 *the subtracted number was large enough to yield a positiveMultiplication and DivisionWhenever a negative number and a negative number are multiplied or divided, the negative signs "cancel out" and the result is positive.(-2) x (-3) = 6(-6) / (-3) = 2A multiplication or division involving one negative and one positive will, however, have a negative result.
Does a positive number minus a negative number equal a positve number?
Well, a positive number minus a greater positive number equals a negative number. But it's impossible for a negative number to be subtracted from any number.
What is a negative subtracted by a negative?
Subtracting a negative number has the same effect as adding a positive number - think of it as moving right on a number line whereas, subtracting a positive number will move you left on a number line.
