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A number subtracted from -50 amounts to 171 what is the equation

A number subtracted from -50 amounts to 171 what is the equation
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A number subtracted from -50 amounts to 171 what is the equation

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-50 - (-221) = 171

This is because subtracting a negative number is like adding a positive version of that instead. For a more simple example:
5 - (-2) = 7 or 5 + 2 = 7
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