Subtract: -7 - (-5).

1. Rewrite the subtraction using the subtraction property: -7 - (-5) becomes -7 + 5. 2. Adding a number with a different sign means subtracting the smaller absolute value from the larger: 7 minus 5 is 2. 3. Since -7 has the larger absolute value, the result keeps the negative sign, giving -2. _Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 1 "Foundations", section 1.3 Add and Subtract Integers_