isaacmvega
isaacmvega isaacmvega
  • 01-03-2017
  • Mathematics
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Subtract. 

–12 – (–17)



 
A.
–29


 
B.
–5


 
C.
5


 
D.
29

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smorin52
smorin52 smorin52
  • 01-03-2017
-12-(-17)

first off those 2 "-" will turn into a +

so now it's -12+17 

just work it out, the sign will always be whatever the sign of the larger number is in this case a positive

so the answer would be 5

hope this helped :)
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homeschooler1
homeschooler1 homeschooler1
  • 01-03-2017
C. 5 would be the correct answer
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