Ji'll lives 3 1/2 miles from school. one morning, her friend was giving her a ride. when they were 2/3 of the way to school, their car broke down & they had to walk the rest of the way.

a negative exponent is translated as follows:

so, we have

exa:

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3+11

14

step-by-step explanation:

from this example, we can see that subtracting with integers is the same as adding the opposite. we can solve using a number line or by using the saying "keep, change, change" to us solve. it is important to remember that we can subtract a negative and end up with a larger number than we started with.