Question

Find the sum of the following.

$\left(-24\right)+\left(-8\right)$

Answer 1

The sum of any two integers is always an integer.

By using the closure property we get,

$\begin{array}{rcl}\left(-24\right)+\left(-8\right)& =& -24-8\\ & =& -32\end{array}$

Hence, the sum is $-32.$