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A student claims that subtraction is closed with respect to the whole numbers. To show t...

A student claims that subtraction is closed with respect to the whole numbers. To show this is true, she shows that 8 — 5 = 3, 5 — 2 = 3, 6 — 1 = 5, and 12 — 7 = 5 and says she can show examples like this all day that yield whole numbers when the subtraction is performed. How do you respond?

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