Can the sum of two negative numbers ever be positive?

1 Answer
Mar 2, 2018

No

Explanation:

Sum of negative numbers is always negative.

Let #a# and #b# be #2# positive numbers.

So, #-a# and #-b# are negative numbers.

So the sum of these two numbers is #-(a+b)#.

Try plugging various values of a and b and you'll always get a negative number.