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Why Subtracting a Negative Equivalent to Adding a Positive

Name: Why Subtracting a Negative Equivalent to Adding a Positive
Description: Intuition as to why subtracting a negative number is equivalent to adding the absolute value of that number

Intuition as to why subtracting a negative number is equivalent to adding the absolute value of that number