Difference between +31 and -71

What is the Difference between +31 and -71? In other words, what is the Difference between positive 31 and negative 71?

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 +31 and -71 is the distance between +31 and -71 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 +31 and -71. Step 1 is to subtract -71 from +31, and Step 2 is to find the absolute value of the Step 1 answer. Here is the math to illustrate better:

(+31) - (-71) = 102
|102| = 102

That's it! The Difference between +31 and -71 is as follows:

102

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