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  • 25-10-2015
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Evan said that the difference between two negative numbers must be negative. Was he right?

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rh27un rh27un
  • 25-10-2015
no
lets say a and b are positive numbers
that means -a and -b are negative
if you make the difference between these to it'd be
-a-(-b) which means -a+b, and if b>a then the difference is positive
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