Algebra 1

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133500403
ISBN 13: 978-0-13350-040-0

Chapter 1 - Foundations for Algebra - 1-5 Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers - Lesson Check - Page 33: 5

Answer

2

Work Step by Step

Here you are trying to subtract a negative, but when you do this, the problem then turns into -3+5 because a double negative is equal to a positive. Once you do -3+5, you get 2.
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