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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How can you prove that b - a is the negative of a - b?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

hint: use the distributive property

OpenStudy (jhannybean):

\[\large -1(b-a) = -b +a \rightarrow a-b\ \]

OpenStudy (tkhunny):

Well, there would also be a Commutative Property in there, somewhere.

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