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Earn +20 ptsQ: Why is the sum of a negative number and a positive number is sometimes positive sometimes negative and sometimes zero?
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The absolute value of a number can sometimes be negative?
No, it will be either zero, or positive.
Is a negative number added by a postitive number a negative number?
sometimes... if the negative number is bigger than a positive number, than the answer is negative. if the positive number is bigger than a negative number, then the answer is positive. if they are the same, then the answer is zero. here is a helpful hint. -x+y is the same as y-x.
What does negative and positive mean?
A positive number is greater than zero; a negative number is less than zero.
Is zero a member of the set of positive integers?
No. Zero is neither positive nor negative, by definition. A positive number is greater than zero. A negative number is less than zero. Although, zero is a non-negative number (a set that includes all positive numbers and zero).
Can there be such number as negative zero?
No. Zero is neither negative nor positive.
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