SOLUTION: What are the conditions when the sum of a positive number and several negative numbers will be positive

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Question 141680: What are the conditions when the sum of a positive number and several negative numbers will be positive
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The Sum of two Positive numbers and Several negative numbers
a + b is positive when a > 0 , b > 0
When a > 0 , b < 0 and a > b
a < 0 , b > 0 , b > a
These are the above contions