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

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Question 176389: List the conditions when the sum of a positive number and several negative numbers will be positive
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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lets say x is our positive number. lets call our negative integers {w,y,z...}
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condition for sum of numbers to be positive is that
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x must be greater than the sum of the negative integers(sum of {w,y,z...})