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When is the sum of a positive and negative integer negative?
When the absolute value of the positive integer is smaller than the absolute value of the negative one.
When is the sum of a positive integer and a negative integer zero?
When the absolute value of the positive integer is the same as the absolute value of the negative one.
When does a positive integer and a negative integer equal a positive integer?
When they are added together and the absolute value of the positive integer is bigger than the absolute value of the negative integer or when the negative integer is subtracted from the positive integer.
How can you predict the sign of the sum of a positive and a negative integer before you add the numbers?
If the absolute value of the positive integer is greater than the absolute value of the negative integer, then the sum of the two will be positive.If the absolute value of the positive integer is less than the absolute value of the negative integer, then the sum will be negative.If the absolute values of the two integers are the same then the sum will be zero, which has neither a negative nor a positive sign.
The absolute value of an integer is never?
negative
