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PLEASE HELP! BEEN WAITING FOR R0 MINS!!! WILL GIVE 20 POINTS!!!! What does -(-5) equal/mean? ITS SIMPLE JUST WANTING AWNSER pleaseeeeeeee

PLEASE HELP! BEEN WAITING FOR R0 MINS!!! WILL GIVE 20 POINTS!!!! What does -(-5) equal/mean? ITS SIMPLE JUST WANTING AWNSER pleaseeeeeeee
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PLEASE HELP! BEEN WAITING FOR R0 MINS!!! WILL GIVE 20 POINTS!!!!

What does -(-5) equal/mean?
ITS SIMPLE JUST WANTING AWNSER
pleaseeeeeeee

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User Winni
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If you subtract a negative it becomes a positive. no matter what. So if the equation is 1-(-5)=? it would be 6.
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User Taffit
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Answer:

the two minus symbols cancel out making it positive 5

Explanation:

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