Question

Without using number line, calculate each of the following:

$(-6)+(-8)$

Answer 1

Finding the sum of $(-6)+(-8)$

Here, both numbers are of like sign $\left[-\right]$

So, we add the absolute values of both the numbers and give the common sign to the result.

Since absolute value of a number denotes the distance between zero and that number in a number line.

So,

$$\begin{gathered} \left|-6\right|=6 \\ \left|-8\right|=8 \end{gathered}$$

So, $6+8=14$

Hence, the answer is $-14$