3 years ago

Does the commutative property of addition apply when you add two negative integers? Explain.

Mathematics

1 answer:

pshichka [43]3 years ago

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Yes, it does.
Ex:
2 + 3 = 3 +2 => 5 = 5

For negative integers:
(-2) + (-3) = (-3) + (-2) => -5 = -5

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