4 years ago

Is 40 – -86 positive or negative?

Mathematics

2 answers:

nata0808 [166]4 years ago

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It’s a positive because the minus sign and the negative sign becomes a + sign
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AfilCa [17]4 years ago

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It's negative because 86 is larger than 40 so you will end up in the negatives. If what you subtract by is larger than what you are subtracting from you get a negative number. (the answer is -46)

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