Difference between -38 and -17

What is the Difference between -38 and -17? In other words, what is the Difference between negative 38 and negative 17?

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 -38 and -17 is the distance between -38 and -17 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 -38 and -17. Step 1 is to subtract -17 from -38, and Step 2 is to find the absolute value of the Step 1 answer. Here is the math to illustrate better:

(-38) - (-17) = -21
|-21| = 21

That's it! The Difference between -38 and -17 is as follows:

21

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