Answer
-8
Work Step by Step
Adding a negative number is equivalent to subtracting the absolute value of that number.
Therefore, -6 + (-2) is the same as -6 - 2.
Move 2 spaces to the left of -6 on a number line, and you end up at -8.
Prealgebra (7th Edition)
by Martin-Gay, Elayn
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0321955048
ISBN 13:
978-0-32195-504-3
Chapter 2 - Section 2.2 - Adding Integers - Practice - Page 108: 2
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