The taking of a lesser quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two quantities.
properties of subtraction:
If we add the same quantity to or subtract the same quantity from the minuend and the subtrahend, we will obtain an equivalent subtraction.
Which of the two parts of a difference are named first. Taking $700 from an account with $300 in it is very different from taking $300 from $700. For this subtraction is not commutative: a - b does not= b - a.
Natural numbers are not equal in subtraction, because in order of subtract two natural numbers subtracted has to be higher than the smaller. If that doesnt happen that subtraction is not possible in the natural numbers so the result wouldnt be a natural number.
The subtraction not equal have the commutative property, because we cannot change the position of higher and smaller.
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Communative Properties of Subtraction Formulas
Any commutative properties of subtraction formulas like the slope and distance formulas where you can switch the two terms around right?
For example:
Slope Formula:
m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
switch the terms it would be y1-y2, x1-x2
Also for the distance formula:
sqrt((x1-x2)^2+(y1-y2)^2)
Between , the numbers are suppose to be subscripts.
subtraction does not commutative but you could say something like |x-y|=|y-x| .