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lidiya [134]
3 years ago
14

Is a – b a positive number or a negative number? How do you know?

Mathematics
2 answers:
Ganezh [65]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

A positive number.

Any negative subtracted from a positive will always be positive.

Serjik [45]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

a-b will be and will always be a POSITIVE number.

This is because a is positive, and b is negative.

However, when you subtract a negative number, you are actually just adding it.

So, a - (-b) = a+b.

This is why, it will always be positive.

Let me know if this helps!

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