@Chandy: Let a = 5 and b = 3. Then x = 5 - 3 = (5/3)*3 + 5%3 = 1*3 + 2
= 5. Check?

Dave

On Jul 11, 11:38 pm, chandy jose paul <jpchaa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Y are u guys complicating things.Its as simple as this
>
>  x=a-b = (a/b)*b + a%b
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:18 AM, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote:
> > @Aditya: Since 124 is a 3-digit number, I think it would make more
> > sense to use the 3-digit 10's complement of 46, i.e., 954. Then 124 +
> > 954 = 1078. Since we are working in 3-digit numbers, the 1 represents
> > an overflow, which you ignore. Thus, the answer is 78.
>
> > Dave
>
> > On Jul 11, 2:42 pm, aditya pratap <contacttoadity...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > suppose u want to do 124 - 46
>
> > > step1 : write 10's complement of 46 i.e. 53 (9's complement) +1 = 54
> > > step2: add 124 + 54 = 178
> > > step3: neglect 1 from 178 and answer will be 78.
>
> > > correct me if i am wrong.
>
> > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Anika Jain <anika.jai...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > how to do subtraction of two integers widout using subtractn??
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