CEMC Fermat, 2004

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

If $x=2-4+6$ and $y=1-3+5$ , then $x-y$ equals

(A) $0$ (B) $1$ (C) $5$ (D) $3$ (E) $-1$

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