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When subtracting a negative number from a positive number, move to the left on the number

line.

A.True
B.False

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False. Let the number being subtracted be x. Let the number subtracting x be y. So we get y-x. But since x is negative, we get double negatives, and thus we move more to the right, more positive.
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