when you subtract one negative number integer from another, will your answer be greater than or less than the integer you started with? Expain your reasoning?

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Allan Holt

16 July, 08:46

when you subtract one negative number integer from another, will your answer be greater than or less than the integer you started with? Expain your reasoning?

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Roberto Lopez · Answer 1

Subtracting a negative integer is the same as adding a positive integer. Adding a positive integer to any number always makes the answer larger than the original number. Therefore, if you subtract one negative integer from another your answer will be always be * greater * than the integer you started with.

Example: If you start with - 8 and subtract - 3, the answer is - 8 - (-3) = - 8 + 3 = - 5.

-5 is greater than - 8.