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Visualizing Financial Liabilities with the Counter Model

In a corporate financial literacy workshop, an instructor uses red counters to represent liabilities (negative amounts). To calculate the total impact of two separate liabilities, -5 and -3, the instructor combines 5 red counters with 3 red counters. Based on the rules of the counter model, what is the final number and color of the counters in the set, and why are no 'neutral pairs' formed during this specific operation?

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