How can you tell -38 + (-24) will be negative before finding the sum?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Elanso [62]3 years ago

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Since you are adding both negatives then it will just stay negative. For example -1-1=-2

jeyben [28]3 years ago

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Answer:

because adding a negative is the same thing as subtracting a positive, so the answer will be further negative than where it started.

also, you can tell because even if the 24 was positive, -38 is more negative than 24 is positive, so either way the answer will be negative.

Step-by-step explanation:

i hope this helps :)

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