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The result is a negative number in this case.

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Negative number plus negative number equals?

a negative number


Why does a negative number plus a negative number equal a positive number?

It does not. A negative number multiplied by a negative number equals a positive number.


Negative plus negative equals what?

A negative plus a negative equals a negative.


Does a negative plus a posative equals?

it depends on the number


What is a negative number plus a negative number?

a negative number. think banking..... no money plus no money is ? Nothing (negative) "no money" would be zero, wouldn't it? Zero, or "nothing", is not negative. Still, a negative number plus a negative number is a negative number. minus X plus minus Y equals minus(X + Y).


A negative plus a negative equal?

A negative plus a negative equals a bigger negative number.


Thirteen plus Negative Eight?

Note that adding a negative number is equivalent to subtracting a positive number, so 13 + -8 is the same as 13 - 8 which equals 5.


What number plus negative 3 equals positive 3?

6


Negative PLUS a positive equals?

It is a negative if the negative number has the higher absolute value and positive if the positive number has the higher absolute value.


What does a negative plus a negative mean?

A negative plus a negative equals a negative.


Why does a negative plus a negative equal a negative?

A negative plus a negative equals a negative because the operation you're doing is equivalent to subtraction. If you wrote down a sum "negative 3 plus negative 7" it would look like this: -3+-7 which is the same as -3-7 Whenever you add a negative number you are actually taking more away, and this is why a negative plus a negative equals a negative - You start with a negative number, and are taking even more away, so you will only ever end up with a negative number.


What do you do when you are adding a negative and a negative?

You minus it off the original negative number, so if it was -5 plus -2 it equals -7