Subtracting a negative integer is the same as adding a positive integer. Adding a positive integer to any number always makes the answer larger than the original number. Therefore, if you subtract one negative integer from another your answer will be always be *greater* than the integer you started with.
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add the two discounts of 25 and 10 percent. then your item will be 65% of the price now.
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The equation we have is:
![\frac{8}{5}a=-6](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B8%7D%7B5%7Da%3D-6)
To solve for "a", we want to isolate it in one side.
For this. we can start by multiplying each side by 5. This will make the denominator to cancel out:
![\begin{gathered} 5\cdot\frac{8}{5}a=5\cdot(-6) \\ 8a=-30 \end{gathered}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbegin%7Bgathered%7D%205%5Ccdot%5Cfrac%7B8%7D%7B5%7Da%3D5%5Ccdot%28-6%29%20%5C%5C%208a%3D-30%20%5Cend%7Bgathered%7D)
Now, we can divide both sides by 8, which will cancel the coefficient 8 multiplying "a":
![\begin{gathered} \frac{8a}{8}=-\frac{30}{8} \\ a=-\frac{15}{4} \end{gathered}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbegin%7Bgathered%7D%20%5Cfrac%7B8a%7D%7B8%7D%3D-%5Cfrac%7B30%7D%7B8%7D%20%5C%5C%20a%3D-%5Cfrac%7B15%7D%7B4%7D%20%5Cend%7Bgathered%7D)
And that is the answer to 4.