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Add. -6 + (-73) + 56 + (-33)
a.-168
b.-56
c. 10
d. -44

User Sam Segers
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Answer: -56 or b.

Step-by-step explanation: -6+(-73)=-79 because the negative number means minus.

-79+(positive)56=-23 because a negative number plus a positive number is adding the positive number meaning you subtract but keep the negative sign

-23+(-33)=-56 because the negative number means minus

I don't know how to explain that is just kind of how it works.

But here's something for the future.

Positive+(Negative) is minus

Positive+Positive is plus (duh)

Negative plus negative is minus (or add but theres a negative sign)

Negative-negative=plus (idk why but its meth)

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