I know the answer but i don't understand the borrowing of the 2in the thousands place why is it 11 and not 12... the problem is 612,014-323,440=288,574
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612,014
323,440
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4 - 0 = 4
4 - 11 = 7 (borrow 1 from 0 but it doesn't have one to borrow so we must borrow from the 2 which makes that a 1 and the 0 becomes 10 and we borrowed 1 to make it 9.
9 - 4 = 5.
11 - 3 = 8
10 - 2 = 8
5 - 3 = 2
I see I goofed. Correction in one line below in bold
612,014
323,440
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4 - 0 = 4
4 - 11 = 7 (borrow 1 from 0 but it doesn't have one to borrow so we must borrow from the 2 which makes that a 1 and the 0 becomes 10 and we borrowed 1 to make it 9. This step should be 11 - 4 = 7
9 - 4 = 5.
11 - 3 = 8
10 - 2 = 8
5 - 3 = 2
I see I goofed. Correction in one line below in bold
612,014
323,440
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4 - 0 = 4
4 - 11 = 7 (borrow 1 from 0 but it doesn't have one to borrow so we must borrow from the 2 which makes that a 1 and the 0 becomes 10 and we borrowed 1 to make it 9. This step should be 11 - 4 = 7
9 - 4 = 5.
11 - 3 = 8
10 - 2 = 8
5 - 3 = 2
sure
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