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Juan was in debt to his father$4. He then borrowed $3 from his father for lunch. What integer represents Juan's debt to his father?

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He's in $7 debt to his father because he originally had $4 in debt (-4), and now he borrowed $3 (-3), so -4 -3 = -7.
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The awnser to this problem is either 12 or 7 by using multiplication or addition
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