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Negatives minus negatives are negatives or positives?

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depdends
we can show cases for each

remember that negative minus negative equals negive plus a psitive

3 examples: one with positive result and one with negative result and one with neither result

-3-(-4)=-3+4=1, positive
-4-(-3)=-4+3=-1, negative
-4-(-4)=-4+4=0, neiter negative nor positive


User Lou Bagel
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A negative number minus a negative number can be both negative or positive. It just depends on the numbers.
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