document.write( "Question 756653: My problem is Integers and figuring when they are positive or negative in the parenthesis. –3 – 5 – (–4)
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Algebra.Com's Answer #460346 by Edwin McCravy(20060)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "When you see \"minus a negative number\" you write it as\r\n" );
document.write( "\"plus a positive number\".  So when you see -(-4) you\r\n" );
document.write( "rewrite it as +(+4) or just + 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "-3 - 5 - (-4)\r\n" );
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document.write( "then you rewrite that as:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-3 - 5 + 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine -3 and -5 as -8.  Then you rewrite that as\r\n" );
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document.write( "-8 + 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you combine those and get\r\n" );
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document.write( " -4\r\n" );
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