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I do not understand this -18 − (-5) =

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User Mahala
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Answer:

-13

Explanation:


- 18 - ( - 5) \\ \\ = - 18 + 5 \\ \\ = - 13

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User Igor Luzhanov
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Answer: -13

Explanation: When you're adding and subtracting positives and negatives and you see a minus a negative in a problem, you can change it to plus a positive. So -18 - (-5) can be thought of as -18 + (+5).

Solving from here, -18 + (+5) is -13.

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