Simplify.

(-5)-(-3)=

Is it -8?

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
15 years ago

Nope.

With two minus signs, you need to add.

(-5)-(-3)= -5 + 3 = -2

User Icon for noni noni answered
15 years ago

wat question

User Icon for noni noni answered
15 years ago

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User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To simplify the expression (-5) - (-3), you need to apply the rule of subtracting a negative number.

When you subtract a negative number, it is equivalent to adding the positive of that number.

So, (-5) - (-3) can be rewritten as (-5) + 3.

Now, you can combine the two numbers by adding -5 and 3 to get -2.

Therefore, the simplified expression is -2, not -8.

Hope that helps!