Metamath Proof Explorer
		
		
		
		Description:  Relationship between subtraction and negative.  (Contributed by Mario
       Carneiro, 27-May-2016)
		
			
				
					|  |  | Ref | Expression | 
					
						|  | Hypotheses | negidd.1 | ⊢ ( 𝜑  →  𝐴  ∈  ℂ ) | 
					
						|  |  | pncand.2 | ⊢ ( 𝜑  →  𝐵  ∈  ℂ ) | 
				
					|  | Assertion | neg2subd | ⊢  ( 𝜑  →  ( - 𝐴  −  - 𝐵 )  =  ( 𝐵  −  𝐴 ) ) | 
			
		
		
			
				Proof
				
					
						| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
						
							| 1 |  | negidd.1 | ⊢ ( 𝜑  →  𝐴  ∈  ℂ ) | 
						
							| 2 |  | pncand.2 | ⊢ ( 𝜑  →  𝐵  ∈  ℂ ) | 
						
							| 3 |  | neg2sub | ⊢ ( ( 𝐴  ∈  ℂ  ∧  𝐵  ∈  ℂ )  →  ( - 𝐴  −  - 𝐵 )  =  ( 𝐵  −  𝐴 ) ) | 
						
							| 4 | 1 2 3 | syl2anc | ⊢ ( 𝜑  →  ( - 𝐴  −  - 𝐵 )  =  ( 𝐵  −  𝐴 ) ) |