Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321955048
ISBN 13: 978-0-32195-504-3

Chapter 2 - Section 2.2 - Adding Integers - Practice - Page 109: 8

Answer

$-16$

Work Step by Step

$2+(-18)$ It might be helpful to try this on a number line. This is the same as $-18+2$, so simply subtract $2$ from the absolute value and then make it negative.
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