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mendietajose513
8+(-12) = (-4).   

Explanation
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If you have 8 dollars and you owe someone 12 dollars.  You pay 8 dollars back and owe 4 dollars to that person.
AtomicAtom
-4 because that is 8 plus -12 the parenthesis are to say that the negative is a negative and doesn't mess with the plus.