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Explain why subtracting a positive number is the same as adding its inverse.

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Step-by-step explanation:

To add a negative number, we are basically subtracting it because of this:
Example:
10 - 5 = 5

10 + (-5) = 5

The negative sign cancels out the positive which makes it into a subtraction problem instead.

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