I may be wrong, but according to BODMAS, addition is done before subtraction, therefore 1-0+1 = 2. The mistake folks are making is introducing brackets where there were none, thus the classic creating your own questions :)<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Erick Njenga <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:eriknjenga@gmail.com">eriknjenga@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtraction" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtraction</a><div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">


<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">

The traditional names for the parts of the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula" title="Formula" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">formula</a></p>

<dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i>c</i>&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;<i>b</i>&nbsp;=&nbsp;<i>a</i></dd></dl><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">


are&nbsp;<i>minuend</i>&nbsp;(<i>c</i>)&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;<i>subtrahend</i>&nbsp;(<i>b</i>) =&nbsp;<i>difference</i>&nbsp;(<i>a</i>). The words &quot;minuend&quot; and &quot;subtrahend&quot; are uncommon in modern usage.<sup style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtraction#cite_note-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); white-space: nowrap;" target="_blank"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup>&nbsp;Instead we say that&nbsp;<i><b>c</b></i><b>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i>&minus;b</i>&nbsp;are terms, and treat subtraction as addition of the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_inverse" title="Additive inverse" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">additive inverse</a>.</b> The answer is still called the&nbsp;<i>difference</i>.</p>


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</span><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thanks and Regards,</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">


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