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Mr. Hui · 09-29-2010

To subtract a negative integer, add its additive inverse.

-10 - (-16)
= -10 + 16
= 6

09-29-2010	#2
Mr. Hui Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 10,609	To subtract a negative integer, add its additive inverse. -10 - (-16) = -10 + 16 = 6 __________________ Do Math and you can do Anything!