What two numbers add up to 9979?

There are infinite combinations of two numbers that add up to 9979. Here are some examples using negative numbers:

-1 + 9980 = 9979
-2 + 9981 = 9979
-3 + 9982 = 9979
...

Here are some examples using two fractions that will add up to 9979:

9979/2 + 9979/2 = 9979
19958/3 + 9979/3 = 9979
29937/4 + 9979/4 = 9979
...

And here are some examples using two decimal numbers that will add up to 9979:

1.25 + 9977.75 = 9979
2.50 + 9976.5 = 9979
3.75 + 9975.25 = 9979
...

As you can see from the lists above, it can go on forever. However, when answering "What two numbers add up to 9979?", it may be more interesting to set some criteria to limit the result. We will set the follow criteria:

1) Only positive whole numbers can add up to 9979. (0 is not a positive or negative number and should not be included.)

2) Since a+b=29 is the same as b+a=29, we should only list it once.

Now, the answer to "What two numbers add up to 9979?" has 4989 answers:

1 + 9978 = 9979
2 + 9977 = 9979
3 + 9976 = 9979
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4987 + 4992 = 9979
4988 + 4991 = 9979
4989 + 4990 = 9979

We have truncated the list above due to space, but you may be interested to know that we calculated the number of answers by dividing 9979 by 2 and then rounded down to the nearest whole number if necessary.

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