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Use a number line to add the following: 14 + (-11)
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User Kanadaj
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Adding a negative number is the same as subtracting a positive number.

14 + (-11) = 14 - 11

We start at the point 14 on a number line.

Since we are subtracting, we are going to left -11 units on the number line.

We will land on the point "3"

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