QuestionCalculate: $-2 + (-5) =$

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STEP 1

Assumptions1. The problem involves simple arithmetic operations. . The operation to be performed is addition.
3. The numbers involved are - and -5.

STEP 2

The operation to be performed is addition, but since both numbers are negative, we can think of it as adding the absolute values of the numbers and then attaching a negative sign to the result.
$-2 + (-5) = -(2 +5)$

STEP 3

Now, we perform the addition operation inside the parentheses.
$-(2 +5) = -7$ So, $-2 + (-5) = -7$ .

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