SOLUTION: Express '-8' as the sum of a negative integer and a whole number.

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Question 1100619: Express '-8' as the sum of a negative integer and a whole number.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Pick any whole number.
Call it W.
Then solve for the negative integer, N.
N%2BW=-8
N=-8-W
As an example, let W=1724.
N=-8-1724
N=-1732