Question

Adrienne and Suki simplified the expression –8 – (–6). Whose answer is correct? Explain where the error was made.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Adrienne's answer is correct, while Suki's answer is incorrect.

To simplify the expression –8 – (–6), we can use the rule that subtracting a negative number is the same as adding the positive equivalent.
Therefore, –8 – (–6) can be rewritten as –8 + 6.

Adrienne simplifies the expression correctly by adding -8 and 6, which gives the answer -2.

On the other hand, Suki made the error by incorrectly subtracting -6 from -8, which results in a wrong answer of -14.

Therefore, Adrienne's answer is correct, and Suki's error was made while subtracting the negative number.