SOLUTION: How do I solve this math problem? -2 + -3 - -4 + -5. Please show me how you arrived at this answer?

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Question 884631: How do I solve this math problem? -2 + -3 - -4 + -5. Please show me how you arrived at this answer?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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you have
+-2+%2B+-3+-+-4+%2B+-5
or you can write it like this:
+%28-2%29+%2B+%28-3%29+-%28+-4+%29%2B+%28-5%29....recall: plus and plus gives you plus, minus and plus gives you minus, minus and minus gives you plus
so, if you have %28-2%29%2B%28-3%29 means you get to add two negative numbers and you just add then and give the sum negative sign: you will have %28-2%29%2B%28-3%29=-5
then you have -%28-4%29 and that gives you 4
so, you will have to add 4 and %28-5%29; recall the rule for adding positive and negative number-you subtract smaller absolute value from greater absolute value and give the difference the sign of greater absolute value (in your case smaller absolute value has the number 4 and the greater absolute value has the number %28-5%29)
and 4%2B%28-5%29=-1
so, in given problem you will have
+%28-2%29+%2B+%28-3%29+-%28+-4+%29%2B+%28-5%29=-5%2B4%2B%28-5%29=-5-1=highlight%28-6%29