Question

ASK A QUESTION The absolute value of the sum of two different integers with the same sign is eight. Pat says there are three pairs of integers that match this description. Do you agree??

Answer 1

Both integers must be positive or negative. You cannot have a positive integer and a negative integer. Also, you cannot have zero. You can't use 4 and 4 or -4 and -4 because then you'd have the same integer.

|1 + 7| = 8

|2 + 6| = 8

|3 + 5| = 8

|-1 + (-7)| = 8

|-2 + (-6)| = 8

|-3 + (-5)| = 8

There are 6 pairs of numbers that match the description. I do not agree with Pat.

Answer 2

Think of integers that have a sum (addition) of 8 that don't include negative integers.

4+4=8
6+2=8
5+3=8

Pat is right there are three different pairs of integers that can have a sum of 8.