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It can. Negative 2 minus negative 1 = negative 1.
However, it sometimes might be positive. Negative 5 minus negative 16 = positive 11.
If you have two equal negative variables, such as -a - -a, you will get -2a. -2a may still be positive though, if a is a negative number. An example of having two unequal negative numbers is -a - -b, which is -a + b. That may be positive or negative depending on what a and b are equal to.
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What is negative 3 subtracted by 5 equals?
-2
What is 40 and one-fourth subtracted by 38 and one half?
2
What 2 integers when added equals negative three and when subtracted equals negative thirteen?
negative 8 and positive 5 (-8) + (5) = -3 (-8) - (5) = -13
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.
If negative 8 subtracted by 8 times d equals 64 what does d equal?
8
What property in algebra is negative 2 plus 0 equals negative 2?
Zero is the additive identity element.
What is a negtive number subtracted by a negative number equal?
negative number subtracted FROM a negative number will be negative
what times what equals negative eighteen in 8th grade algebra?
3 X -6=-18
What is twenty subtracted negative ten?
30. 20--10, two-'s equals +. 20+10=30
Does a negative and a negative equal a positive?
If you multiply a positive number by a negative it always equals a negative number.Depends what you mean by "and".If they're added: neverIf they're subtracted: sometimesIf they're multiplied or divided: always
If equals are subtracted from equals the remainder are equal?
no
What is a negative number subtracted by a positive?
its a negative number.
