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saul85 [17]
3 years ago
10

Why is the answer to a subtraction problem called the difference...

Mathematics
1 answer:
lana [24]3 years ago
3 0
Maybe because you're finding the "difference" between the two numbers. We could also question why the answer to an addition problem is called sum.
Well, 'sum'body said that's what they should be called a long time ago, that's why we're using that term to call them now. 
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