Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding a positive number. In this instance, 10 - -2 = 10 + 2 = 12.
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To write the expression "negative ten times the quantity two minus eleven" in numbers, you would first simplify the expression within the parentheses. Two minus eleven equals negative nine. Then, you multiply negative ten by negative nine to get positive ninety. Therefore, the expression "negative ten times the quantity two minus eleven" can be written as -10 * (2 - 11) = 90.
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A negative minus a negative turns the latter into a plus positive,for example -6 minus -3 would be :-6 ++ 3 = -3A minus negative always turns into a plus positive...To get more Specific:Suppose x and y are two POSITIVE numbers so that -x and -y are negative. Then a negative minus a negative = (-x) - (-y) = -x +yIf x > y the answer is negativeIf x = y the answer is zeroIf x < y the answer is positive
a negative minus a negative = a positive. the two negatives put together make a plus sign. example... 5-(-7) = 13
take any negative number, and subtract a positive number..that is the same as adding a negative number and two negative numbers added together are a negative number.