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  • 10-12-2019
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When you subtract two positive integers, is the result always a positive interager?

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  • 15-12-2019

Answer:

  no

Step-by-step explanation:

  2 - 2 = 0, not a positive integer.

  2 - 3 = -1, a negative integer.

Obviously, the difference is only positive if the number being subtracted is smaller than the number it is being subtracted from.

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