It is always negative, because it keeps going down on the number line. Say it is negative 8 minus 5, it would be negative 13, because it adds to the negatives, so it would go deeper into the negatives.
They are abstract "word" problems, offered for the purpose of giving the
student of high school mathematics valuable practice in the application
and manipulation of the concept of "percent".
Often, some time spent in solving practice-examples such as these can
lead to the phenomenon known as "learning", whereby the student comes
to know, understand, and possess competence in a topic where he or she
was previously ignorant and incompetent.
It is important to realize that the practice is the vital component in the process,
whereas the answers alone have no value at all.
Here we are supposed to find the distance between the two points
Suppose A=(-8,-9), B=(-4,-10)
Now As per the distance formula we know that the distance between two points is given by the formula

The answer is the word “point”. Hope this helps.
Answer:
Option C is right
C. They are independent because, based on the probability, the first ace was replaced before drawing the second ace.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that the probability of drawing two aces from a standard deck is 0.0059
If first card is drawn and replaced then this probability would change. By making draws with replacement we make each event independent of the other
Drawing ace in I draw has probability equal to 4/52, when we replace the I card again drawing age has probability equal to same 4/52
So if the two draws are defined as event A and event B, the events are independent
C. They are independent because, based on the probability, the first ace was replaced before drawing the second ace.