Difference between +26 and -24

What is the Difference between +26 and -24? In other words, what is the Difference between positive 26 and negative 24?

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 +26 and -24 is the distance between +26 and -24 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 +26 and -24. Step 1 is to subtract -24 from +26, and Step 2 is to find the absolute value of the Step 1 answer. Here is the math to illustrate better:

(+26) - (-24) = 50
|50| = 50

That's it! The Difference between +26 and -24 is as follows:

50

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