Question

WILL MEDAL! Angie is showing her work in simplifying −7.9 + 8.2 − 3.4 + 2.1. Identify any errors in her work or in her reasoning.

Step Work Reasoning
−7.9 + 8.2 − 3.4 + 2.1 Original problem
1 −7.9 + 8.2 + (−3.4) + 2.1 Additive inverse
2 −7.9 + (−3.4) + 8.2 + 2.1 Commutative property
3 [−7.9 + (−3.4)] + (8.2 + 2.1) Associative property
4 −11.3 + 10.3 Simplify
5 −1 Simpli

She did not make any errors.
Step 1: She wrote −3.4 incorrectly as + (−3.4).
Step 2: She identified changing the order of the numbers as the commutative property, which is incorrect.
Step 3: She identified changing the

Answer 1

you are correct

Answer 2

You're correct