Difference between +55 and -42

What is the Difference between +55 and -42? In other words, what is the Difference between positive 55 and negative 42?

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 -42 is the distance between +55 and -42 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 -42. Step 1 is to subtract -42 from +55, and Step 2 is to find the absolute value of the Step 1 answer. Here is the math to illustrate better:

(+55) - (-42) = 97
|97| = 97

That's it! The Difference between +55 and -42 is as follows:

97

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