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Please help! forgot how to subtract integers!

Please help! forgot how to subtract integers!-example-1
User Woockashek
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Answer: -15

Step-by-Step Explanation:
1) Reorder the terms
36-51
2) Use the rule: a-b=-(b-a)
-(51-36)
3) Use the algorithm method
51
-36
——
15
4) After simplification, we have:
-(51-36)=-15
5)Therefore, -51+36=-15
-15
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