Subtraction on Numbers is Not Associative/Examples
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Examples of Use of Subtraction on Numbers is Not Associative
$5$ minus $3$ minus $2$
\(\ds 5 - \paren {3 - 2}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 5 - 1\) | \(\ds = 4\) | |||||||||||
\(\ds \paren {5 - 3} - 2\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 2 - 2\) | \(\ds = 0\) |