How do you simplify #-36 - ( -24) #?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-09T22:50:43

#-12#

We know that two negative signs next to each other is equivalent to a positive sign.

Therefore, this can be rewritten as:
#-36 + 24#

Which simplifies to:
#=-12#

Hope this helps!

Answer 2 · 2018-07-09T22:53:44

#-12#

Subtracting a negative is the same thing as adding a positive. With this in mind, we can rewrite our expression as follows:

#-36+24#, which is also equal to

#24-36#, which simplifies to #-12#.

Hope this helps!