Question

Check whether closure property is verified for integers for the given operation:$(-50)-(-20)=-30$

• A. This is commutative property
• B. This is associative property
• C. Integers are closed under addition
• D. Integers are closed under subtraction

Answer 1

The correct option is D Integers are closed under subtraction

$-50$ is an integer and $-20$ is also an integer.

$-50-(-20)=-30$, which is an integer.

Hence given Integers are closed under subtraction.