How do you find the difference #-16-(-7)#?

1 Answer
Jan 13, 2017

#-16-(-7)=-9#

See explanation.

Explanation:

To evaluate such expression you do the following:

If you see 2 signs together you change:

  • the same signs to #+#
  • different signs to #-#.

In the given example we have:

#-16-(-7)=-16+7=-9#