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Adding Integers

Question 9 • Pre-Algebra - MA3119 A ? Distance Learning

Sebastian was in a hotel lobby and took the elevator up 7 floors to his room. Then he took the elevator down 9 floors to the parking garage. He described his movement with the expression below.What is Sebastian’s error?

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A
Sebastian should have used –9 and 7.
B
Sebastian should have started at zero before adding –7.
C
Sebastian should have switched the two addends and written .
Option C
D
Sebastian should have used 0 and –9.
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