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When you subtract a negative from a positive is that a gain or loss?
When you subtract a negative number from a positive number, it is equivalent to adding the two numbers together. Therefore, it is a gain.
What two numbers can you multiply to get 36 but subtract to equal 24?
12
When is the exponent negative?
When you subtract it from a bigger exponent of another number by dividing two numbers with exponents.
How do you subtract the positive from the negative?
Add the absolute values of the two numbers, then put on a negative sign. For example: -7-3=-(7+3)=-10
How do you know whether you should add or subtract the value of the two numbers?
By the signs: 2+2(Add) 2-2(Subtract) +=add -=subtract
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