SOLUTION: please help me solve -14+(-20)+75+(-43)

Question 560241: please help me solve -14+(-20)+75+(-43)
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Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The negative numbers represent DEBT, while postive numbers represent money in your favor. You can add the negatives togther first -14+-20 + -43, which is a total of -77, then add +75. Since total debt is more than total money in your favor, subtract, and you have a total debt of 2 dollars, i.e., -2.

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