How do you out a negative before a number

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Guest Oct 22, 2014

+676

+5

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If you mean 'out' as in remove, you can always multiply the number by -1 providing it is a negative number in the first place.

$${\mathtt{\,-\,}}\left({\mathtt{5}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}\left(-{\mathtt{1}}\right)\right) = {\mathtt{5}}$$

TakahiroMaeda Oct 22, 2014

TakahiroMaeda · Answer 1 · 2014-10-22T12:52:00

If you mean 'out' as in remove, you can always multiply the number by -1 providing it is a negative number in the first place.

$${\mathtt{\,-\,}}\left({\mathtt{5}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}\left(-{\mathtt{1}}\right)\right) = {\mathtt{5}}$$