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Chapter 1: Q 264. (page 62)

Give an example from your life experience of adding two negative numbers.

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The real examples can be when our income gets decreases by $ 100dollars in the first month and by $ 50dollars in the second month.

So, the net decrease in income is

role="math" localid="1648051451493" =-100-50=-150

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Given Information

It is asked to give an example from your life experience of

adding two negative numbers.

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Step 2. Explain the example

Let's an example of the income decrease.

Suppose,

First month income decrease is $ 100

Second month income decrease is $ 50

So, the total income is reduced by -100-50

=-100-50=-150

Therefore, the total income decrease in two months is $150.

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