Difference between +29 and -40

What is the Difference between +29 and -40? In other words, what is the Difference between positive 29 and negative 40?

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 +29 and -40 is the distance between +29 and -40 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 +29 and -40. Step 1 is to subtract -40 from +29, and Step 2 is to find the absolute value of the Step 1 answer. Here is the math to illustrate better:

(+29) - (-40) = 69
|69| = 69

That's it! The Difference between +29 and -40 is as follows:

69

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Difference between +29 and -39
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