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OpenStudy (anonymous):

if i had a positive and i was subtracting a negative, would it turn into a positive? example: 2-(-4) would it now be 2+4?

OpenStudy (angela210793):

yea... -*-=+

OpenStudy (karatechopper):

yep! correcto!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thats what i thought. my dad tried to tell me it didnt. thanks!

OpenStudy (karatechopper):

well tell ur dad tht he needs to go back and learn about it! jkjkjk

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it is always true that \[-(-a)=a\] doesn't matters if a is positive or negative

OpenStudy (anonymous):

right... thanks

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