Use properties of operations to add -3, and -17. What is the answer?

Answer 1

To add -3 and -17, we can write it as: -3 + (-17).

To solve this, we can change the order of the terms: (-17) + (-3).

Using the commutative property of addition, we can rearrange the terms: -17 + (-3) = -3 + (-17).

Now, we can add the numbers: -17 + (-3) = -20.

So, the answer is -20.