Question

Negatives minus negatives are negatives or positives?

Answer 1

depdends
we can show cases for each

remember that negative minus negative equals negive plus a psitive

3 examples: one with positive result and one with negative result and one with neither result

-3-(-4)=-3+4=1, positive
-4-(-3)=-4+3=-1, negative
-4-(-4)=-4+4=0, neiter negative nor positive

Answer 2

A negative number minus a negative number can be both negative or positive. It just depends on the numbers.