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Suppose x and y are two rational number.Then x = p/q and y = r/s where p, q, r and s are integers, with q and s being non-zero.

Then x - y = p/q - r/s = pq/qs - qr/qs = (pq - rs)/qs.

The signs of x and y do not matter, in so far as their signs will be used to determine the signs of p,q, r and s.

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