document.write( "Question 884631: How do I solve this math problem? -2 + -3 - -4 + -5. Please show me how you arrived at this answer? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "you have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"+-2+%2B+-3+-+-4+%2B+-5\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "or you can write it like this:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%28-2%29+%2B+%28-3%29+-%28+-4+%29%2B+%28-5%29\"$ ....recall: plus and plus gives you plus, minus and plus gives you minus, minus and minus gives you plus\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, if you have $\"%28-2%29%2B%28-3%29\"$ means you get to add two negative numbers and you just add then and give the sum negative sign: you will have $\"%28-2%29%2B%28-3%29=-5\"$
\n" ); document.write( "then you have $\"-%28-4%29\"$ and that gives you $\"4\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, you will have to add $\"4\"$ and $\"%28-5%29\"$ ; recall the rule for adding positive and negative number-you subtract smaller absolute value from greater absolute value and give the difference the sign of greater absolute value (in your case smaller absolute value has the number $\"4\"$ and the greater absolute value has the number $\"%28-5%29\"$ )\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and $\"4%2B%28-5%29=-1\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, in given problem you will have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%28-2%29+%2B+%28-3%29+-%28+-4+%29%2B+%28-5%29=-5%2B4%2B%28-5%29=-5-1=highlight%28-6%29\"$
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