Answer :

The real number that should be subtracted from - 5 to get 0 is -5 (option b).

What is the real number?

A real number is a quantity that can be written as an infinite decimal expansion. A real number is made up of both rational numbers and irrational numbers.

Rational numbers are numbers that can be expressed as a fraction of two integers. An example is 5, -5.  Irrational numbers cannot be expressed as a fraction of two integers. An example is 22/7, 1/3.

In mathematics, the following rules exist:

  1. a negative number multiplied by a negative number yields a positive number.
  2. a negative number multiplied by a positive number, yields a negative number.
  3. a positive number multiplied by a positive number yields a positive number.

-5 - (-5)

= -5 + 5

= 0

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