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when subtracting negative numbers its helpful to remember the following phrase:

Keep, Change, Change

this means that the sign of the first number stays the same but the other two change, applying it to your problem means that

3-(-8)=?

keep, change, change

3+(+8)=?

3+8=11

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12y ago

-3 - 8 is the same as -3 + -8 which is -11.

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15y ago

11 positive 11 positive 11

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