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Why subtracting a negative number is equivalent to adding a positive number?
equivalent to subtracting a negative
What is equivalent to adding a negative number?
Subtracting its additive inverse. (In principle, this is valid for adding positive numbers as well.)
What are the rules for adding and subtracting integers?
when you add two positive integers the answer is always positive when you add two negative integers the answer is positive when you add one negative and on positive integer, the answer is negative subtracting two negative numbers gets a negative answer subtracting two positive numbers- the answer depends subtracting a negative and positive number- the answer depends, the positive number would have to be bigger than the negative to achieve a negative number, and if the positive number is less, than the answer is still negative
What is negative 12 minus positive 6?
-18. Subtracting a positive number has the same effect as adding a negative.
How do you substract negative numbers?
Subtracting negative numbers is exactly the same as adding the positive number.
