document.write( "Question 725700: When adding a neg and a positive do u end up with a pos number \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Sometimes you do and sometimes you don't.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ADDING and SUBTRACTING in BASIC MATH is different from\r\n" );
document.write( "ADDING and SUBTRACTING in ALGEBRA.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Sometimes to ADD in ALGEBRA, you ADD in BASIC MATH, and sometimes you\r\n" );
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document.write( "(+7) + (+3) like signs, ADD 7+3 in BASIC MATH, get 10, keep the + sign.\r\n" );
document.write( "Answer: +10.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(-7) + (-3) unlike signs, ADD 7+3 in BASIC MATH, get 10, keep the - sign.\r\n" );
document.write( "Answer: -10,\r\n" );
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document.write( "(+7) + (-3) unlike signs, SUBTRACT 7-3 in BASIC MATH, get 4, 7 is larger than 3, so use the sign of 7 which is +\r\n" );
document.write( "Answer: +4\r\n" );
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document.write( "(-7) + (+3) unlike signs, SUBTRACT 7-3 in BASIC MATH, get 4, 7 is larger than 3, so use the sign of 7 which is -\r\n" );
document.write( "Answer: -4\r\n" );
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