What is the answer for (-2) + (-5)

Adding two positive integers always has a positive sum answer, and adding two negative integers always has a negative sum answer.

for example, your question of (-2) + (-5)

both numbers are negatives and so the answer is negative as well. When adding, just think of it as a normal addition problem.

and so the answer is - 7

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To find the sum of a positive and a negative integer, take the absolute value of each integer and then subtract these values.

The result takes the sign of the integer with the larger absolute value.

example: (-2) + 5

Find the absolute value, which is 2 and 5

subtract them normally, which is 3.

5 is bigger than 2 and is positive, so 3 stays the same

the answer is 3

Step-by-step explanation:

(-2) + (-5)

+*-=-

Applying bodmas

-2+-5=-2-5=-7