document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=885899>Question 885899</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm using The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pre-Algebra. I'm working on signed numbers and the answer to this one problem doesn't make sense.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-13 + 5= ? My answer was -8. The book says the answer is -7. Here is the explanation: This is the same as -(13-5)= -7. -13 is negative and 5 is positive, but 5 is less than 13, so you should expect the answer to be negative. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Sometimes the book is wrong.  Not often, but sometimes. </SPAN>\n" );
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