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I'll do the first five problems to get you started.

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Problem 1

Subtraction can be thought of as adding a negative.

So -3 - 6 is the same as -3 + (-6)

We can think of an example involving money

-3 means we're 3 dollars in debt. Then -6 means we go 6 dollars further into debt. Therefore, the total debt is -3 + (-6) = -9 so overall we're 9 dollars in debt.

Answer: -3 + (-6)

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Problem 2

When subtracting a negative, the two will cancel out to form a positive. This is because negatives are opposite in nature. Two opposites undo one another.

So with all that in mind, something like 10 - (-4) will become 10 + 4

Answer: 10 + 4

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Problem 3

It's the same idea as the previous problem, but we're dealing with different numbers of course.

Answer: 7 + 2

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Problem 4

We'll use the ideas mentioned in problem 1. There's not much further to explain here.

Answer: -4 + (-8)

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Problem 5

Refer back to either problem 2 or problem 3 for a similar example. The negatives will cancel to form a positive.

Answer: -8 + 4

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