Step 1: Find the difference of the two numbers (ignoring their signs).
Step 2: Give that number the sign of the larger of the two integers.
Step 3: There is no step 3, because you are done!
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Depends on how large each integer is. +1-2 or +2-1. Different signs depending on the size of the integers.
-- Ignore the signs for a moment. -- Find the difference of the two integers. -- Give it the sign of whichever integer is the bigger number.
If the larger of the two integers is negative, then their sum is negative, regardless of the sign of the smaller one.
Add their magnitudes, and keep the same sign for the sum.
-- Their sum and difference both have the same sign that the two integers have. -- Their product and quotient are both positive.