Question

How to solve -45 - -19.6

Answer 1

-45 - -19.6

two minus signs is the same as a plus sign, rewrite it

-45 + 19.6

people don't like to start with negatives

19.6 - 45

make the decimals places equal

19.6 - 45.0

put them on top of each other and subtract

-25.4