No problem, let's work through this together. We're starting with 97144 and are subtracting 21644 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 4 and the borrow 0 from 4 in column 2 and get 0.
0 is the next digit of our result.

Step 3: We'll start by subtracting the digit 6 and the borrow 0 from 1 in column 3 and get -5.
We add -5 to 10 and get 5 as the next digit of the result.

Step 4: We'll start by subtracting the digit 1 and the borrow 1 from 7 in column 4 and get 5.
5 is the next digit of our result.

Step 5: We'll start by subtracting the digit 2 and the borrow 0 from 9 in column 5 and get 7.
7 is the next digit of our result.

So, 97144 - 21644 = 75500.