When adding 3and - 9 how do you know that the sum is negative

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Lilliana Fields

11 January, 06:08

When adding 3and - 9 how do you know that the sum is negative

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Orlando Chambers · Answer 1

-6

Step-by-step explanation:

You know it's negative because you basically take away the negative sign and do 9-3 but that equals 6 and to make a negative number positive while adding the positive number has to be bigger than the negative number.