When you subtract a negative integer from another, will your answer be greater than or less than the integer you started with? explain your reasoning and give an example

It depends if the negative number is bigger than the positive number your answer will be a negative number/answer for example -9 - 4 your answer would be -5 since the negative number is bigger it will be the other way around for a positive number if the positive number is bigger than the negative number your answer will be positive for example 5 - -2 = 3 or positive 3.

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.