Question

Suppose y is a positive integer. If x – (–y) = z, will z be greater than or less than x

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

If y is a positive integer, then –y is a negative integer. Subtracting a negative integer from x is the same as adding a positive integer to x. Therefore, x – (–y) is equal to x + y.

Since y is positive, adding it to x will always result in a value greater than x. Therefore, z will always be greater than x.