document.write( "Question 485666: If a number is added to itself, the sum is greater than the original number? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That certainly depends on what you mean by \"a number.\" As posed, the answer to your question is \"Sometimes\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Select a natural number and add it to itself, then the sum is certainly greater than the original.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Select zero and add it to itself. You get zero, so the sum is the same as the original number.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Select a negative number and add it to itself, then the sum is smaller than the original number.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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