Murphy and Naryam do their homework together. When they get to 9 - (-8) they get different answers. Murphy claims that the answe

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Murphy and Naryam do their homework together. When they get to 9 - (-8) they get different answers. Murphy claims that the answe

r is 17 and Naryam claims the answer is -1. Who do you think is correct?

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andre [41] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-08T07:50:15+03:00

andre [41]3 years ago

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Answer:Murphy is right

Step-by-step explanation: When there are two negitives right next to each other the cancel out so it turns into a positive make the question 9+8 making the answer 17.