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The city of Amsterdam is 2 meters below sea level. Lammefjord, a city in Denmark, is 7 meters below sea level. How much higher is Amsterdam than Lammefjord?

To solve the problem, Elizabeth subtracted
–2–(–7) and came up with an answer of –
5. Is Elizabeth correct? Why or why not?

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5 meters . She added that the problem is -2 -7
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5 meters. The equation is -2 - -7
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