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Grade 127 grade maths

Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) When two positive integers are added, we always get a positive integer. (b) When two negative integers are added we always get a negative integer. (c) When a positive integer and a negative integer is added we always get a negative integer. (d) Additive inverse of an integer 2 is (– 2) and additive inverse of (– 2) is 2.

Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years ago
Dear Student

Option (a) is correct here
The above statement is false as when a positive and a negative integer is added we may get a positive number or even zero.


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