Step-by-step explanation:since both numbers are negative 5 stays as the base for the answer, then u add the powers together to become one while answer making the answer -5 with a power of 9
The distance between two numbers is a subtraction equation.
10 - (-8) Subtracting a negative is like adding a positive
10 + 8 = 18
If you look at it as the first negative sign means -1 multiplied by the next negative number, "Remember that a negative times a negative is a positive!"