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What happens when you subtract a negative from a posotive?
Subtracting a negative is like adding a positive; the result will be positive.
What happens if you subtract a positive and a negative numbers?
In addition different signs you subtract and give the sign of the bigger number. Ex: 6+(-8)= -14
How do you subtract a positive number by a negative number?
A little awkwardly phrased, so I'll answer both ways. To subtract a negative from anything, add its positive. To subtract a positive from a negative, the equation is treated as though you are adding two postives, the result is negative.
Does a negative number minus a positive equal a negative?
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
When you subtract a negative integer from a positive integer do you get a positive integer?
yes
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