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Subtract. 

–12 – (–17)



 
A.
–29


 
B.
–5


 
C.
5


 
D.
29

2 Answers

3 votes
C. 5 would be the correct answer
User Theraot
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-12-(-17)

first off those 2 "-" will turn into a +

so now it's -12+17

just work it out, the sign will always be whatever the sign of the larger number is in this case a positive

so the answer would be 5

hope this helped :)
User Stefan Neubert
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