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OpenStax, Elementary Algebra 2e §1.3 Add and Subtract Integers · Exercise 79 · Arithmetic · Integers

Add and Subtract Integers · Exercise 79

Explain why the sum of $- 8$ and 2 is negative, but the sum of 8 and $- 2$ is positive.

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OpenStax, Elementary Algebra 2e · §1.3 Add and Subtract Integers · Exercise 79

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