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What is the result of subtracting 2 from its opposite?
-4
What is 16 minus negative 12?
28. Subtracting a negative number gives the same result as adding a positive.
What do you get when you subtract a positive from a positive?
Depends. If you are subtracting a bigger number from a smaller number, such as 3 - 5, you will get a negative result, -2. If you are subtracting a smaller number from a bigger number, such as 12 - 3 you will get a positive result, 9.
Result obtained when one number is subtracted from another number is called what?
Difference
What is negative 11 minus 4?
Negative 15 (-15). Subtracting a positive yields the same result as adding a negative.
Why is it that when subtracting an integer gives the same result as adding the opposite?
Because of the definition of addition and subtraction. When looking at a real number line: when you add you move to the left or up, when you add the opposite of a number you move in the opposite direction.
What is the opposite of sum in math?
Difference. A sum is the result of adding two numbers, and a difference is the result of subtracting two numbers.
What is the result of subtracting 2 from its opposite?
-4
How is Addition And Subtraction Are Related To Each Other?
They are both binary operations. The inverse of adding X to a number is the subtraction of X from the result and, conversely, subtracting Y from a number is the inverse of adding Y to the result.
What is 14 minus 6?
8
What is negative 15 minus 12?
-3. Subtracting a negative number yields the same result as adding a positive.
If a negative number is subtracted from a positive number will that result always be positive?
"No. For instance -19 - 17 = -36. Not -2 as it may seem.-5 - 34 = -39. Even though a quick glance would make it seem to be 29"That is wrong... you are subtracting a positive from a negative the question consists of subtracting a positive from a negative. 15 {a positive} - (-5) {a negative} = 20 you minus the negative sign on the -5 to make +5 but we write it just as 5.Anyways to answer the original question. Yes Subtracting a number is the same as adding it's opposite, therefore adding a positive to a positive will always result in a positive.
What is 16 minus negative 12?
28. Subtracting a negative number gives the same result as adding a positive.
What is the property of inveres of adddition?
The property of inverse of addition states that for any number a, the inverse of adding a to a number is subtracting a from that number. In other words, if you add a number and its additive inverse, the result is always zero.
What happens when you subtract a negative from a posotive?
Subtracting a negative is like adding a positive; the result will be positive.
What is -7 x -5 plus -10?
The answer 25. Multiplying two negative numbers results in a positive answer. Adding a negative number to that result is the same as subtracting a positive.
The result of subtracting one number from another?
Their difference.
