SOLUTION: please explain how you will solve -5-(-3) using a number line.

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Question 883549: please explain how you will solve -5-(-3) using a number line.
Answer by LinnW(1048) About Me  (Show Source):
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start at -5 .
on the number line, - usually means move left,
but when you have -(- in combination it becomes move right
so -(-3) becomes move right 3 .
If we start at -5 and move right 3 we are now at -2