document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=337902>Question 337902</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Why do you get a larger negative number when you subract a positive number from a negative number?(ie -18 - 17= -35) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Sorry but the scaling doesn't hold when I send the solution but try to get the idea of a negative numbered line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  -35       -30       -25      -20       -15       -10        -5         0    +3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   *                                   *      <BR>\n" );
document.write( " (-35)------------ -18 ------------- (-17) ----------- -17 ---------------<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Starting from zero & going to the left on a numbered line 17 unite, you are at (-17). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Going another 18 units to the left, you are at (-35).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-17+(-18)=-35 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "17-18=-35       </SPAN>\n" );
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