How would you explain how to do this problem in words to someone. We have to write it as a journal entry.
(-22)-(-17)+5
Well, the minus a negative is a postive 17
So I would add +17 to +5 first, yielding +22
Then adding -22 to +22 gives zero.
(-22)-(-17)+5
So I would add +17 to +5 first, yielding +22
Then adding -22 to +22 gives zero.