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Trey wrote 9.09-0.1=9.08. Is his answer correct? Why or why not?

User Yonran
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Answer:

The answer is incorrect because when trey was subtracting, he didn't line up the decimal places which gave him a incorrect answer.

Explanation:

9.09-0.1 = 8.99

User Zekia
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His answer is incorrect because subtracted 0.1 by the wrong digit. The correct answer should be 8.99.
User BBaysinger
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