Explanation:
Using absolute value to tell wether the sum of two integers is positive or negative.
Suppose we have a positive integer,
x and a negative interger, -x and we want to find their sum, we take the absolute values of each of the integers, that is |x| and |-x|. Then we subtract these values: |x| - |-x|. If the larger integer is positive, the result of the difference is positive, but if the larger number is negative, the result of the difference is negative.
For any integer x, x + (-x) = 0