(–71) + (+9) _______ (–81) + (–9)
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To add a positive integer and a negative integer, we ignore the signs and subtract integer with smaller numerical value from the integer with larger numerical value and take the sign of the larger one.
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Since 71 is the larger of the two numbers, negative sign is retained.
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To add negative integers, we add the corresponding positive integers and retain the negative sign with the sum.
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