Difference between +25 and -7

What is the Difference between +25 and -7? In other words, what is the Difference between positive 25 and negative 7?

To solve this math problem, start by picturing a horizontal number line that starts with negative infinity on the left and ends with positive infinity on the right:

∞ ..... -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, .... ∞

The Difference between +25 and -7 is the distance between +25 and -7 on our number line above. Thus, the Difference between two numbers will always be a positive number.

It is a two-step process to calculate the Difference between +25 and -7. Step 1 is to subtract -7 from +25, and Step 2 is to find the absolute value of the Step 1 answer. Here is the math to illustrate better:

(+25) - (-7) = 32
|32| = 32

That's it! The Difference between +25 and -7 is as follows:

32

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