When you subtract two positive integers, is the result always a positive interager?

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Rudy Cain

Mathematics

22 July, 22:45

When you subtract two positive integers, is the result always a positive interager?

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Rolando Bernard · Answer 1

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.