it got to do with addin and subtratin intergers
2006-09-04 12:38:04 · 6 answers · asked by victor a 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
-14
2006-09-04 12:40:08 · answer #1 · answered by Pascal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-4 - (+10)
-4 - 10
= -14
2006-09-04 20:04:38 · answer #2 · answered by ←deadstar→ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of it like this, you borrowed 10 dollars from me and then you came back and borrowed another 4 dollars....now how much do you owe me???
Okay...you owe me $14 or -14...so if you were to have 4-10 then you would owe me $10 but paid me $4 so then you would only owe me $4...just think of it in terms of money....whatever sign is next to the largest number that is the operation you go with(negative: subtract, positive: add
2006-09-04 19:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by creolecuty1979 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-14
the reason behind this is that...
when you deal with adding or subtracting integersyou should always look at their signs...
like the expression above...
- 4 - 10
can also be written as the sum of 2 negative numbers
- 4 + ( - 10 )
and that gives us - 14
2006-09-04 19:40:30 · answer #4 · answered by Hi-kun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-14
2006-09-08 14:58:32 · answer #5 · answered by Rachel M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-4-10 = - 14
Cheers.
2006-09-05 06:44:08 · answer #6 · answered by isz_rossi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋