Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
A "difference" indicates subtraction is being used. The difference between these 2 numbers is found the same way we find the distance between 2 points on a number line. Since both the difference and the distance have to be positive numbers, the formula to find it is
|a - b| which is the absolute value of a - b.
If a = -52 and b = -79:
| -52 - (-79) | = | -52 + 79 | = 27 OR
If a = -79 and b = -52:
| -79 - (-52) | = | -79 + 52 | = | -27 | = 27
