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The sum of a number and it's absolute value is negative.

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Answer:

False; the scenario is not possible.

Explanation:

This scenario is not possible. I will demonstrate it by representing a number by
x. There are two possibilities:
x and
-x. Let's try both:


x + |x|


x + x


2x

The sum for positive
x and its absolute value is not negative. Let's try with the negative value of
x now:


-x +|-x|


-x + x


0

The sum for negative
x and its absolute value is not negative either, it is zero which is neither negative or positive. Therefor, we can safely say that the scenario described is not possible.

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