SOLUTION: Why do you get a larger negative number when you subract a positive number from a negative number?(ie -18 - 17= -35)
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Question 337902: Why do you get a larger negative number when you subract a positive number from a negative number?(ie -18 - 17= -35)
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(-18 - 17= -35)
Sorry but the scaling doesn't hold when I send the solution but try to get the idea of a negative numbered line.
-35 -30 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 +3
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(-35)------------ -18 ------------- (-17) ----------- -17 ---------------
Starting from zero & going to the left on a numbered line 17 unite, you are at (-17).
Going another 18 units to the left, you are at (-35).
-17+(-18)=-35
17-18=-35
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