to subtrct integers ,rewrite as adding opposites and use the rules for addtion of integers..
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Adding integers, if they have the same sign, add their absolute values and keep the same sign. Subtracting, change the sign of the 2nd number and the add using rules of addition. Multiplying and dividing, Divide the absolute values, if the signs are the same the answer is positive, if the signs are different the answer is negative.
Rules: Unlike SignsSubtract the absolute value of the number and copy the sign of the number with greater absolute value.
When subtracting negative numbers change the subtraction sign to a plus and change the second number (which would appear to be positive) to a negative. ex. -14 - 7=?/-14 + -7= -21 When adding negative numbers just add them as they appear. ex. -2 + -5= -7
That's a polynomial expression.
Because a negative negative is the same a a positive, and because of the definition of subtraction and addition.