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8 - (-9) simplified with each expression

User Ramis
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Hi :)

Let's remember some arithmetic w/ negative integers :

a+(-b)=a-b

a-(-b)=a-b

Now

8-(-9)=8+9=17

So the answer's 17

I hope this helps

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