Answer
-27
Work Step by Step
$-42+15=-(|-42|-|15|)=-(42-15)=-27$
Subtract the absolute values. Since the term with the largest absolute value is negative, the sum is negative.
Algebra 1
by Hall, Prentice
Published by
Prentice Hall
ISBN 10:
0133500403
ISBN 13:
978-0-13350-040-0
Chapter 1 - Foundations for Algebra - 1-9 Patterns, Equations, and Graphs - Mixed Review - Page 66: 56
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