Question

Kim and her sister play a game. At the end of the game, Kim has 65 points and her sister has -12 points. What is the difference between Kim's score and her sister's score? O 53 077 053 0 -77

Answer 1

You have that at the end of a game Kim has 65 poins, and Kim's sister has -12 points

In order to calculate the differnece between the points of both Kim and her sister, you procede as follow:

65 - (-12)

you eliminate parenthesis, bu taking into account that the minus sing before the parenthesis change the sign of the number inside. Then, you have:

65 - (-12)

65 + 12 = 77

Hence, the difference between Kim points and her sister is 77 points