How do you find the sum #-3+(-8)#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-07T18:42:07

-8

If you were subtracting it would look like this:

#-3--8#

and the 2 negative signs between 3 and 8 would turn into a positive sign

But since the formatting is like this

#-3+(-8)#

We are specifically adding two negative numbers, the answer is a negative number

#8+3=11#

while

#-3+(-8)=-11#