Answer
5
Work Step by Step
To find the difference of -8 and -13, is to substrate -13 from -8,
$-8-(-13)=(-8)+13=5.
Since the difference of two numbers is the distance between them on number line, which is the absolute value of 5.
|5|=5.
Prealgebra (7th Edition)
by Martin-Gay, Elayn
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0321955048
ISBN 13:
978-0-32195-504-3
Chapter 2 - Section 2.3 - Subtracting Integers - Exercise Set - Page 119: 28
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