It depends. (a) a positive minus a smaller positive is positive, (b) a positive minus a positive of the same size is zero, and (c) a positive minus a bigger positive is negative. For example, (a) 8 - 6 = 2 (b) 8 - 8 = 0 (c) 8 - 11 = -3
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NEGATIVE+POSITIVE = POSITIVE
NEGATIVE- POSITIVE=NEGATIVE
NEGATIVE x NEGATIVE =NEGATIVE
NEGATIE / POSITIVE = NEGATIVE
POSITIVE+NEGATIVE = POSITIVE
POSITIVE - NEGATIVE = NEGATIVE
POSITIVE x NEGATIVE =NEGATIVE
POSITIVE / NEGATIVE = NEGATIVE
A Positive minus a Positive is equal to a Negative if one positive is bigger than the other ex.. 6-20 = -14 BUT a positive minus a smaller Positive equals to a Positive ex...13-5 = 8
A minus plus a minus is not necessarily positive. A minus multiplied by a minus is. The reason being that the minus of a minus is a positive. It's a double negative.
Positive 3 plus negative 5 minus negative 2 minus positive 4 is equal to -4.
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Negative 18 minus positive 12 is negative 30.
A minus minus a minus will give a positive result. It will depend on the actual values. It will cause a positive movement, but still could result in a negative number. Consider these two examples. In both cases there is a positive movement but only the second results in an actual positive number:-6 - -2 = -4-2 - -6 = 4