Tom combined like terms as if it were an equation instead of solving the problem. -11-(-4) would turn into a -11+4 and to solve that do 11-4=7 but the 7 is negative because the bigger number in that problem (11) was negative. -11-(-4)=-7
Tom apparently added -4 to -11 instead of subtracting it.
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