Answer
$-13$
Work Step by Step
To subtract a larger positive number from a smaller positive number, we can subtract the smaller number from the larger number and assign a negative. Therefore, $$4-17=-(17-4)=-13$$
Algebra 2 Common Core
by Hall, Prentice
Published by
Prentice Hall
ISBN 10:
0133186024
ISBN 13:
978-0-13318-602-4
Skills Handbook - Simplifying Expressions With Integers - Exercises - Page 975: 4
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