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OpenStudy (anonymous):

(-40)-(-18)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-22

OpenStudy (anonymous):

distribute the negative to -18. this will flip the sign and you can view this problem easier

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Dedes is correct

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A tip: if you have a negative directly after another negative, then they cancel out to form a positive. So... (-40)-(-18) =(-40)+(+18) "cancel out", change to positive =(-40)+(18) simplify =(18)+(-40) commutative =-22 subtraction

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