Question

How do you find the difference `6-(-8)`?

Answer 1

14

Explanation:

`color(brown)("The golden rule - when multiplying or dividing, if the signs")` `color(brown)("are the same then the answer is positive. If they are not the same")` `color(brown)("then the answer is negative.")`

Think of this as: `" "6-1(-8)`

That is: 6 put with minus 1 times minus 8.

We must multiply everything inside the bracket by `(-1)`. As we have two signs the same for that part of the expression the answer for it is positive 8. Thus we have:

`6+8=14`