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(-3) -8 subtracting intergers

User Cburgmer
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(-3) - 8 would turn into subtraction riled (kcc) rules which it would turn to -3 + -8= -11

Answer= -11
User Jayant Rajwani
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Answer:

-11

Explanation:

-3 - (8) =-11

A negative - a negative = negative.

Think of it like this:

If you already have a negative number and you want to "add" more "negativeness" to it, that would make the number more negative, if that makes sense.

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