The sum will have the original sign of whichever number is larger, regardless of signs..
9 + -5 = 4
5 + -9 = -4
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only if the positive fraction is "larger" than the negative one.
Negative one, since +2+(-3)
The sum will take on the sign of whichever one is greater.
Because a negative plus a negative is a positive. ============================ The above statement is wrong. Let us look at this sentence. I don't want to be poor. Here two negative are there. Usually poor is considered as a negative quality. Now the positive meaning is " I want to be rich"
-5