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-5 - +23 =

Negative five added by positive twenty three is equal to ?

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-5+23= 18
Step-by-step explanation:
The signs are different so we subtract and take the sign of the bigger number. 23-5=18 and the bigger number is 23 so you take it’s sign which is + so ur final answer should be 18 or +18 same thing basically.
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-a-(+b)=-a-b

Let's use this rule to solve our math problem:

-5-(+23)

-5-23

-28


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