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Subtraction Without Borrowing

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Direction: Are the given statements correct ? If not, give reasons.
$(72 - 36) - 20 = 72 - (36 - 20)$

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Solution

Not correct, because subtraction of whole numbers is not associative.
If $a, b, c$ are the whole numbers
Then, $(a - b) - c \neq a - (b - c)$
So, the given statement is not correct.

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