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For any two integers A and B, A minus b is equal to a plus additive inverse of b is equal to a + Dash

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Answer:

For any integer number n, the inverse additive of n is also an integer K such that:

n + K = 0

solving this for K, we get that:

K = -n

Then the inverse additive of n is -n.

Now that we know this let's complete this.

We know that for any two integers A and B, a minus b is equal to a plus the additive inverse of b.

To check this:

a minus b is written as:

a - b

And a plus the additive inverse of b is:

a + (-b)

because -b is the additive inverse of b.

Remember the rule sign:

(+)*(-) = -

Then we can rewrite:

a + (-b) = a - b

Then the statement is true.

"For any two integers a and b, a minus b is equal to a plus additive inverse of b is equal to a + (-b)"