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∙ 11y agoyes. if you think of a number line with -5 to the left and all the numbers upto 7 on the right the difference just means how many numbers do you have to move to get from -5 to 7? in this case 13. because this is just a an amount of numbers moving in any direction the answer will always be positive.
even if it was -10 to -5 the answer is still 5 because you have only moved 5 places
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∙ 11y agosometimes
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No, because if the positive was 8, and the negative was -4, the difference would be positive four.
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.
Yes.
The difference between any numbers is always positive.
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The difference between a positive integer and a negative integer is ALWAYS positive.Suppose X and Y are positive so that -Y is negative,The the difference two numbers, A and B is A - B so the difference between X and (-Y) is X - (-Y) which equals X + Y. The sum of two positive numbers is always positive.
It is always positive, and not just for decimal numbers but for all numbers.
No, a positive minus a negative can be either or positive or a negative.
No, because if the positive was 8, and the negative was -4, the difference would be positive four.
No, because if the positive was 8, and the negative was -4, the difference would be positive four.
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.
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Yes.
If difference is taken to mean the first number minus the second then the answer can be positive or negative (or zero if the two numbers are the same). For example: the difference between -5 and -3 is -2 while the difference between -3 and -5 is +2.