Difference between +55 and -31

What is the Difference between +55 and -31? In other words, what is the Difference between positive 55 and negative 31?

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 +55 and -31 is the distance between +55 and -31 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 +55 and -31. Step 1 is to subtract -31 from +55, and Step 2 is to find the absolute value of the Step 1 answer. Here is the math to illustrate better:

(+55) - (-31) = 86
|86| = 86

That's it! The Difference between +55 and -31 is as follows:

86

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