Let's dive into this subtraction. We'll start with 9427 and subtract 7227 from it.

Step 1: We'll start by subtracting the digit 7 and the borrow 0 from 7 in column 1 and get 0.
0 is the first digit of our result.

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

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

Step 4: We'll start by subtracting the digit 7 and the borrow 0 from 9 in column 4 and get 2.
2 is the next digit of our result.

So, 9427 - 7227 = 2200.