Subtract the sum of `-250 " and " 138` from the sum of 136 and `-272`.

Options

A. `-14`
B. `-34`
C. `-24`
D. `-44`

Answer

To solve the problem, we need to follow these steps:

### Step 1: Calculate the sum of -250 and 138.
We can express this mathematically as:
\[ -250 + 138 \]
Since -250 is a negative number and 138 is a positive number, we subtract the smaller absolute value from the larger absolute value and keep the sign of the number with the larger absolute value:
\[ |-250| = 250 \quad \text{and} \quad |138| = 138 \]
So, we calculate:
\[ 250 - 138 = 112 \]
Since 250 is larger and negative, we have:
\[ -250 + 138 = -112 \]

### Step 2: Calculate the sum of 136 and -272.
We can express this mathematically as:
\[ 136 + (-272) = 136 - 272 \]
Again, since 272 is larger than 136, we subtract:
\[ 272 - 136 = 136 \]
Since 272 is larger and negative, we have:
\[ 136 - 272 = -136 \]

### Step 3: Subtract the result from Step 1 from the result of Step 2.
Now we need to subtract the sum from Step 1 from the sum from Step 2:
\[ -136 - (-112) \]
This is the same as:
\[ -136 + 112 \]
Now we perform the addition. Since -136 is negative and 112 is positive, we subtract:
\[ 136 - 112 = 24 \]
Since 136 is larger, the result will be negative:
\[ -136 + 112 = -24 \]

### Final Answer:
The final result is:
\[ \text{Answer} = -24 \]

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