CB-MA006-261013: Adding Negative Numbers

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Watch this video for examples of how to add negative numbers to each other and how to add them to positive numbers. Note that when we add a negative number, we can rewrite it as subtracting the positive number. That is: $$5+(-2)=5-2 $$.

Source: Algebra2Go,

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