How Do You Add Two Negative Numbers?

How Do You Add Two Negative Numbers?

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Adding two negative numbers together? Just add the absolute value of each number together, put a negative sign in front, and you have your answer! See how it's done in this tutorial.

Keywords:

  • problem
  • addition
  • subtraction
  • rewrite subtraction as addition
  • subtraction as addition
  • negative plus negative
  • positive
  • negative

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