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Sometimes. For example: (-4) - (-3) = -1 (-4) - (-4) = 0 (-4) - (-5) = 1
Yes because you are always adding.
The same as adding a positive one.
Yes, because subtrating a negative number is the same thing as adding a positive number.
subtract the negative from the positive
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You will get a positive integer. If you subtract a negative number, you will be adding it. I think of it like 2 minuses equals a plus. :P
Sometimes. For example: (-4) - (-3) = -1 (-4) - (-4) = 0 (-4) - (-5) = 1
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It can be a negative or positive fraction, a negative or positive integer, or zero.
Yes because you are always adding.
The same as adding a positive one.
To subtract a negative number is equivalent to adding a positive number. Two negatives multiplied make a positive.
If the integer subtracted is smaller than or equal to the first integer, then the answer is positive. Otherwise, if the integer subtracted is larger, then the answer is negative.
False. Counterexample: -1 - (-2) = -1 + 2 = 1.
Yes, because subtrating a negative number is the same thing as adding a positive number.