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Which is less:

(-25) + 12
or
40+ (-63)
show your work solving using the additive inverse
method. help !!!

User Ustun
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-25 + 12 = -(25-12) = -13
40+(-63)=-(63-40)= -23
the second one is less
User Daniel Brooks
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