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What does -12 - (-7) equal?

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-5 is the answer.

when subtracting a negative number, it is essentially the same as adding. so n-(-3) is the same as n+3 as two negative make a positive. if that makes sense. :) hope I helped
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the answer to this is -5 because 2 negatives = a positive
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