document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=229883>Question 229883</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> HI, my name is Donesha. I want to ask a simple question about negative an positive numbers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So say, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What would these equal:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(+)+(+)=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(+)-(+)=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(+)*(+)=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(+)/(+)=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-)+(-)=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-)-(-)=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-)*(-)=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-)/(-)= </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(+)+(+)= Always positive<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(+)-(+)= Positive if the first number is larger, negative if the first is smaller, zero if the numbers are the same<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(+)*(+)= Always positive<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(+)/(+)= Always positive<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-)+(-)= Always negative<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-)-(-)= Negative if the absolute value of the first is larger, Positive if the absolute value of the first is smaller and zero if the numbers are the same<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-)*(-)= Always positive<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-)/(-)= Always positive<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "As you can see, the rules for subtractions are not simple. For this reason and others, I encourage everyone to learn how to change subtractions into additions. Then you only have to know how to add. </SPAN>\n" );
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