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What is negative 1 plus positive 8

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Answer:

7

Explanation:

You can think of the negative 1 as a subtraction. What you do is ignore the negative 1, take the 8 and then subtract 1 from it.

-1+8 to 8-1

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Answer:

-9

Explanation:

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