How do you subtract $9-12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2014-11-30T15:38:06

If you are not comfortable subtracting a larger number from a smaller number, then you can first factor out $-1$ from both terms.

$9-12=-(-9+12)=-(12-9)=-3$

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