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# a - 0 = a | # a - 0 = a → Any number minus zero leaves that same number | ||
# a - (-a) = 2a | # a - (a) = 0 → Any number minus itself leaves zero | ||
# a - (a) = | # a - (-a) = 2a → Any number minus its opposite (additive inverse) leaves double the number | ||
#(-a) - (a) = -2a → Any negative number minus its opposite (additive inverse) leaves double negative of that number | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:11, 20 November 2010
- a - 0 = a → Any number minus zero leaves that same number
- a - (a) = 0 → Any number minus itself leaves zero
- a - (-a) = 2a → Any number minus its opposite (additive inverse) leaves double the number
- (-a) - (a) = -2a → Any negative number minus its opposite (additive inverse) leaves double negative of that number