Question

With the help of an example, show that subtraction is not associative for integers

Answer 1

Lets take $8,5,3$as three integers

$$\begin{gathered} 8-(5-3)=8-2=6 \\ (8-5)-3=3-3=0 \\ 8-(5-3)\ne (8-5)-3 \end{gathered}$$

Therefore Subtraction is not associative for integers.