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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A student evaluated -4 + x for x = -9 1/2 and got an answer of 5 1/2. What might the student have done wrong?

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

because the student should do this: -4-(9 1/2)

OpenStudy (aaliyahfairgood):

he subtracted the whole numbers like they were positive integers

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