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What is the location of the sum 11+(-5) with respect to 11 on a number line?

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Answer:

its positive 5

Explanation:

User Frankie Liuzzi
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It would be 6, or 5 points behind 11. Adding a negative is the same thing as subtracting a number, so therefore 11 + (-5) is the same thing as 11 - 5, which equals 6.
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