Difference between -48 and -21

What is the Difference between -48 and -21? In other words, what is the Difference between negative 48 and negative 21?

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 -48 and -21 is the distance between -48 and -21 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 -48 and -21. Step 1 is to subtract -21 from -48, and Step 2 is to find the absolute value of the Step 1 answer. Here is the math to illustrate better:

(-48) - (-21) = -27
|-27| = 27

That's it! The Difference between -48 and -21 is as follows:

27

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