No problem, let's work through this together. We're starting with 85424 and are subtracting 83004 from it.

Step 1: We'll start by subtracting the digit 4 and the borrow 0 from 4 in column 1 and get 0.
0 is the first digit of our result.

Step 2: We'll start by subtracting the digit 0 and the borrow 0 from 2 in column 2 and get 2.
2 is the next digit of our result.

Step 3: We'll start by subtracting the digit 0 and the borrow 0 from 4 in column 3 and get 4.
4 is the next digit of our result.

Step 4: We'll start by subtracting the digit 3 and the borrow 0 from 5 in column 4 and get 2.
2 is the next digit of our result.

Step 5: We'll start by subtracting the digit 8 and the borrow 0 from 8 in column 5 and get 0.
0 is the next digit of our result.

So, 85424 - 83004 = 2420.