To calculate: The value of the expression -3+14.

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2021-12-08

To calculate: The value of the expression -3+14.

Answer & Explanation

Nadine Salcido

Nadine Salcido

Beginner2021-12-09Added 34 answers

Formula used:
Rules for the addition of Real Numbers:
In case one is a positive real number and other is a negative real number:
If both numbers have different absolute value, then subtract the smaller absolute value from the larger. Further, if the positive real number has larger absolute value, the answer will be positive, if the negative real number has larger absolute value, the answer will be negative. Also, if both numbers have the same absolute value, then the answer will be zero.
Calculation:
Consider the provided expression 3 + 14.
Here one number is a positive real number and the other number is a negative real number.
The absolute value of |-3| is 3 and |14| is 14.
Both numbers have different absolute values.
Use the rule of addition of one positive real number and one negative real number.
Subtract a lower absolute value 3 from higher absolute value 14,
14-3=11
The absolute value of the positive number is greater than the absolute value of a negative number.
|14| > |-3|
14>3
Thus, according to the rule of addition of negative and positive real numbers, when the absolute value of the positive number is larger, the result is positive of the value obtained.
Therefore, the sum will be a positive number.
Hence, the value of the expression -3 + 14 is 11.

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