How do you find the difference #10-15#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-10T10:39:57

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#-5#

Given: #" "color(green)(10)color(red)(-15)#

Split the #color(red)(-15)# into #color(red)(-10-5)#

Then when we put it all together we have:

#color(green)(10)color(red)(-10-5)#

But 10-10 = 0 giving

#0-5# which is the same as #-5#