SOLUTION: What happens when you add the opposite to an integer?

SOLUTION: What happens when you add the opposite to an integer?

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Question 11257: What happens when you add the opposite to an integer?
Answer by roxy9229(32) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
rules of addition:

same sign:add
opposite signs: subtract

ex1:
-2+-2
2+2=4
-4

ex2:
-2+5
5-2=3
3
it's 3 because the five is bigger & it's positive

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