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yes. if you think of a number line with -5 to the left and all the numbers upto 7 on the right the difference just means how many numbers do you have to move to get from -5 to 7? in this case 13. because this is just a an amount of numbers moving in any direction the answer will always be positive.
even if it was -10 to -5 the answer is still 5 because you have only moved 5 places
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Is the difference between a negative integer and a positive integer always a negative integer?
sometimes
Is the difference of a negative and positive always negative?
no
Is the difference of a positive integer and a negative integer always negative?
No, because if the positive was 8, and the negative was -4, the difference would be positive four.
When a negative number is subtracted from a positive number is the difference always positive?
Yes, a negative number subtracted from a positive number will always be positive. Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding the opposite of the negative number. The opposite of a negative number is always positive. A positive number plus a positive number is always positive.
Is the difference of a positive integer and a negative integer is always positive?
Yes.
