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Standard Operating Procedure for Signed Monomials

You are mentoring a new associate in the operations department who is reviewing a resource ledger. They encounter the expression 16p(7p)16p - (-7p), where 'p' represents a unit of personnel effort, and are confused as to why the subtraction results in a larger value. In a brief response, state the specific mathematical rule for subtracting a negative monomial and provide the final, simplified expression that the associate should record.

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