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'''Subtraction''' is the mathematical [[operation]] which combines two quantities.  The minus sign, <math>-</math>, is used to indicate subtraction. Subtraction is to inverse of addition
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'''Subtraction''' is the mathematical [[operation]] which combines two quantities.  The minus sign, <math>-</math>, is used to indicate subtraction. Subtraction is the inverse of addition:
a<math>-</math>b=a+-b
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<math>a-b=a+(-b)</math>.
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 21:14, 13 January 2019

Subtraction is the mathematical operation which combines two quantities. The minus sign, $-$, is used to indicate subtraction. Subtraction is the inverse of addition: $a-b=a+(-b)$.

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