Does $-2+2=2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-03T02:00:12

No! $-2+2 =0$

A way of thinking of this as a point moving on the $x-$ axis.
(BTW: This is also called the 'real line')

The point starts at -2 and moves 2 units to the right (in the positive direction, i.e +2)

Therefore the point will now at point 0

Hence: $-2+2 =0$

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