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An expression involves subtracting two numbers from a positive number. Under what circumstances with the value expression be negative? give an example

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Answer.so (positive integer)-x-y can be negative

so to get a negative number as your result/answer, x+y must be greater than (positve integer) so for example

lets say (positive integer)=8

x+y must be greater than 8 to make the equation negative so

example

x=5

y=4

x+y=9

8-9=-1

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User Robert Filter
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so (positive integer)-x-y can be negative
so to get a negative number as your result/answer, x+y must be greater than (positve integer) so for example


lets say (positive integer)=8
x+y must be greater than 8 to make the equation negative so
example
x=5
y=4
x+y=9
8-9=-1
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