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If you have MORE positive amounts, than you have negative amounts, then the balance is a POSITIVE result. So answer is POSITIVE.

Think of it like this:- -6+9 is the same thing as +9-6, and, 9minus 6 = 3 but we only bother with the 'sign' if the amount is a negative amount, so 3 always means +3

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Q: What if you add a large positive number with a small negative number - Which sign will the answer have ... Positive or Negative?
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