SOLUTION: how to add a negative number to another number

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Question 885860: how to add a negative number to another number
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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Adding a negative number is like subtracting the opposite of that number.

For example:

3 + (-2) = 3 - 2 = 1