SOLUTION: QUESTION: The two expressions 18 + (-5) and 18 + -5 mean the same thing. Why might someone want to use one form or the other?
Im not really sure why...what do you think?
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Im not really sure why...what do you think?
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Question 82268: QUESTION: The two expressions 18 + (-5) and 18 + -5 mean the same thing. Why might someone want to use one form or the other?
Im not really sure why...what do you think? Answer by shrty1351(6) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 18+(-5) is used because thats how it is typed into the calculator,but it needs to be written as 18 - 5 because when a negative and a positve are next to each other it is automatically a negative so you use the subtraction symbol.
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