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If you add a positive number, another positive number, and a negative number, you can get anything - the result may be positive, negative, or zero. It all depends on the magnitudes of the numbers involved. For example:

10 + 10 - 1 = 19 (positive)

5 + 5 - 10 = 0 (zero)

5 + 6 - 20 = -9 (negative)

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