5-(-2)
=7
The answer is 7.
Chat with our AI personalities
negative 24
If you say so!
I steal five dollars from you: minus $5. I steal five more dollars from you: minus $10. If those two minuses canceled, you would be minus zero. They don't cancel: you add up the numbers, but it's all minus.
yes
To solve the problem 5 - -6, think of it as 5 + 6. You can do this because two negative numbers equal as positive number, and similarly two negative signs equal a positive. Therefore 5 --6 is 11.