Find two numbers with a sum of –32 and a difference of 2 ----------------------------------------------- –18 and –16 sum = (-18)+(-16) = -34 difference = (-18)-(-16) = (-18)+(16) = -2 ----------------------------------------------- 17 and 15 sum = (17)+(15) = 32 difference = (17)-(15) = (17)+(-15) = 2 ----------------------------------------------- –16 and –14 sum = (-16)+(-14) = -30 difference = (-16)-(-14) = (-16)+(14) = -2 ----------------------------------------------- –17 and –15 sum = (-17)+(-15) = -32 difference = (-17)-(-15) = (-17)+(15) = -2 ----------------------------------------------- Sorry, none of the choices have both a sum of -32 and also a difference of 2. If the last one had been given in the opposite order, it would have been the answer: –15 and –17 sum = (-15)+(-17) = -32 difference = (-15)-(-17) = (-15)+(17) = 2 But they were not given in that order. Any time a problem states "the difference of two numbers, it always means the FIRST number listed MINUS the SECOND number listed. You can't reverse them. Edwin