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when you subtract one negative integer from another, will your answer be greater or less than the integer you started with
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when you subtract one negative integer from another, will your answer be greater or less than the integer you started with

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lets find out...

-5 - (-2) = -5 + 2 = -3....-3 is greater then -5
-1 - (-3) = -1 + 3 = 2.....2 is greater then -1
-4 - (-2) = -4 + 2 = -2...-2 is greater then -4

so it looks like it is going to be greater then the number u started with.
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