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Question 420611: Does a positive plus a positive equal a positive or does it equal a negative? Also does a negative plus a negative equal a positive or does it equal a negative? Does a positive plus a negative equal a positive or a negative? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Does a positive plus a positive equal a positive or does it equal a negative?
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+3 + +5 = +8
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Also does a negative plus a negative equal a positive or does it equal a negative?
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-3 + -5 = -8
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Does a positive plus a negative equal a positive or a negative?
Sometime positive and sometives negative:
+3 + -5 = -2
+5 + -3 = +2
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It may help you to thing of this in terms of money.
+3 is a gain
-3 is a loss
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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