Dominique and juan are finding - 3 - 14. who is correct?

dominique

-3-14=3+14

=11

juan

-3-14=-3 + (-14)

=17

In this question, we have to remeber the rule of combining two negative numbers. And the rule is, when combining two negative terms, we have to add them with negative sign. For e. g.-2-15 = - (2+15) = 17. SImilarly, - 3 - 14 = - (3+14) = -17. And none of them got - 17. Dominique got 11 and Juan got 17. So none of them is correct.

Juan is correct because if you put - 3-14 it's equal to - 17 so Juan is right.