If the integer subtracted is smaller than or equal to the first integer, then the answer is positive.
Otherwise, if the integer subtracted is larger, then the answer is negative.
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You will get a positive integer. If you subtract a negative number, you will be adding it. I think of it like 2 minuses equals a plus. :P
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To subtract a negative number is equivalent to adding a positive number. Two negatives multiplied make a positive.
Subtract any POSITIVE integer from -2, and you get an integer that is smaller.
That would be false. When you subtract two positive numbers, you only go into negatives if the number you are subtracting is greater than the number it's being subtracted from. 3 - 2 = 1 2 - 3 = -1