Considering the given graph, the profit during the period was of -2 dollars.
How to add negative numbers along with positive?
We add all the negative numbers, all the positive numbers, then keep the signal of the higher absolute value, and subtract the values.
From the graph, we have that:
- The sum of the negative numbers is of 8.
- The sum of the positive numbers is of 2 + 4 = 6.
8 > 6, hence the profit is negative given by:
-(8 - 6) = -2 dollars.
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