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How can you use addition of integers to subtract integers?
Subtracting an integer is the same as adding the additive inverse. In symbols: a - b = a + (-b), where "-b" is the additive inverse (the opposite) of b.
How is subtracting integers like adding integers?
It's pretty much the exact same. Subtracting is the same as adding a negative number. Foe example, five minus three is the same as five plus negative three.
Is adding integers and subtracting integers are the same?
Let x and y be two integers. x - y = x + (-y)
How is adding to negative integers the same as and different from subtracting two positive integers?
No- adding negative numbers is like adding positive numbesr , except the answer is negative.
When subtracting and adding integers how do you decide what the sign of the answer will be?
The answer will have the same sign as the number with the larger magnitude.
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