An expression involves subtracting two numbers from a positive number. Under what circumstances with the value expression be negative? give an example

So (positive integer) - x-y can be negative

so to get a negative number as your result/answer, x+y must be greater than (positve integer) so for example

lets say (positive integer) = 8

x+y must be greater than 8 to make the equation negative so

example

x=5

y=4

x+y=9

8-9=-1