To find : Whether the sum is always, sometimes, or never negative.
Answer to Problem 36E
The sum of two negative integers is negative.
Explanation of Solution
Given information :
Consider, the statement provided in the question,
The sum of two negative integers.
:
The sum of two negative integers is always negative and is less than both the integers. This is shown below:
Suppose the two negative integers be
From the above example it can be observed that the sum of two negative integers is negative.
Hence,
The sum of two negative integers is negative.
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