-12 + 5????
2007-09-20 10:26:53 · 9 answers · asked by lola c 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
depends
in the problem -12 + 5 = -7 ( a negative)
in the problem 12 + -5 = 7 (a positive)
If the signs are opposite, take the sign of the larger number.
2007-09-20 10:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by sfroggy5 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The answer to -12 + 5= -7 negative + positive= which number is higher,example -5+9= 4
2007-09-20 10:47:44 · answer #2 · answered by jon21test 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you wrote and what you asked are different.
-12 + 5 = -7 and is a case of adding a smaller positive number to a larger negative number.
Subtracting a +ve number from a negative means this:
-12 - (+5) = - 12 - 5 = - 17
Remember this: the negative of a positive is -ve. Subtracting a + ve means adding a - ve and - (+) 5 is same as + (-) 5 = -5
2007-09-20 10:36:02 · answer #3 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-12+5= -7. If -12-5= It would be -17
2007-09-20 10:34:55 · answer #4 · answered by f350lariat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You get a larger negative.
However, you're not subtracting a positive from a negative. You're adding a positive to a negative. You get -7.
-12 - 5 = -17.
2007-09-20 10:39:03 · answer #5 · answered by PMP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a negative.
7.
when you are adding 2 negatives: [-7+-2] you'll get a negative.
when subtracting a negative [6--2] you'll get a positive - you might as well think of 2 negative signs cancelling eachother out.
2007-09-20 10:36:29 · answer #6 · answered by lady. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
- 12 + 5 = - 7
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2007-09-20 10:32:40 · answer #7 · answered by SAMUEL D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-12+5=(-7)
or
-12-5=(-17)
ur subject and body arent the same thing. u wrote sumthing wrong.
2007-09-20 11:16:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
-7
2007-09-20 10:34:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋