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Chapter 1: Q 140. (page 39)

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

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Step 1. Introduction of negative numbers.

  • Since all the numbers which can be represented on a number line, are real numbers.
  • All numbers to the left of zero on the number line are negative numbers.
  • The domain of negative numbers is negative infinity to 0.
  • Zero is neither a negative nor a positive number.
  • A negative number has one side of the base number zero, the other side is a positive number.
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Step 2. Example of a negative number.

Suppose I have withdrawn -$100 for rent from a credit card and -$50 for food. So, how much amount has to pay into the credit card.

As $100 for rent and $50 for food. So, the total paid amount is,

-$100+$50=-$150

So, -$150 have to pay.

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