Is –9,867,726 + 62,180 positive or negative?

Answer 1

To determine whether \(-9,867,726 + 62,180\) is positive or negative, we can perform the addition step by step.

Starting with \(-9,867,726\), we add \(62,180\) to it:

\[ -9,867,726 + 62,180 = -9,867,726 + 62,180 = -9,805,546. \]

Since \(-9,805,546\) is a negative number, the result of the expression \(-9,867,726 + 62,180\) is negative.