Q. What is the sign of 391311+(−41131) ? Choose 1 answer:(A) Positive(B) Negative(C) Neither positive nor negative-the sum is zero.
Calculate first term: Calculate the first term of the sum.The first term is 39(11)/(13). To simplify this, we divide 39 by 13 and then multiply by 11.39/13=33×11=33So, the first term is 33.
Calculate second term: Calculate the second term of the sum.The second term is −41(1)/(13). To simplify this, we divide −41 by 13.−41/13=−3.15384615385, which can be rounded to −3.15385 for simplicity, but since we are only interested in the sign, we can note that the result is negative.So, the second term is approximately −3.15385.
Add terms together: Add the two terms together.Now we add the first term (33) to the second term (−3.15385).33+(−3.15385)=29.84615The sum is positive because 33 is greater than 3.15385, and subtracting a smaller positive number from a larger positive number results in a positive number.
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