Question
Find the sum of:
-557 and 488
-557 and 488
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Answer
The integers are to be added are of the unlike signs.Therefore to add them we find the difference of their absolute values and assign the sign of the addend having greater absolute value.
(-557) and 488
= -[|- 557| - |488|]
= -[557 - 488]
= -69
(-557) and 488
= -[|- 557| - |488|]
= -[557 - 488]
= -69
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