To add two integers with opposite signs . . .
-- Ignore the signs, and write the difference between the two numbers.
-- Give it the same sign as the larger original number has.
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Add the magnitudes, keep the sign.
You simply add the numbers: the answer has a positive sign.
Because that is how the opposite of a number is defined.
Add their magnitudes, and keep the same sign for the sum.
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