What the difference of - 5 - (-9) ?

4

Step-by-step explanation:

Subtracting a negative number from a negative number - a minus sign followed by a negative sign, turns the two signs into a plus sign. So, instead of subtracting a negative, you are adding a positive. Basically, - (-4) becomes + 4, and then you add the numbers. For example, say we have the problem - 2 - - 4.

4

Step-by-step explanation:

-5 - (-9)

when subtracting by a negative like : - (-9) it will cancel into it being + that number so - 5 + 9 is 4