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Tanisha and her friends were playing a card game where the smallest number wins. Below is their scorecard.

Tanisha −15
Tyrell −18
Carlos −12
Samantha −9
Who won the game?

Tanisha
Samantha
Carlos
Tyrell

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Case 1 :- Tanisha won.

Case 1 :- Samantha won.

Explanation:

CASE 1 :- (if the question is :-

Q:- Tanisha and her friends were playing a card game where the smallest number wins. Below is their scorecard.

Tanisha → −15

Tyrell → −18

Carlos → −12

Samantha → −9

Who won the game?

•Tanisha

•Samantha

•Carlos

•Tyrell

Ans:- The game is that the smallest numbered card person wins the game.

We know that in case of integers, the smallest number is the largest number with the minus ( - ) sign. In negative integers, the answer will be in the reverse order.

Since, in this case, if given numbers are negative, then -15 (Tanisha) is the answer.

CASE 2:- (if question is:-

Q:- Tanisha and her friends were playing a card game where the smallest number wins. Below is their scorecard.

Tanisha − 15

Tyrell − 18

Carlos − 12

Samantha − 9

Who won the game?

•Tanisha

•Samantha

•Carlos

•Tyrell

Ans:- In this case, the given numbers are positive. We know that the smallest number given in the question is 9 (Samantha).

THEREFORE, THE ANSWER DEPENDS ON THE ANSWERED ABOVE QUESTION.

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Answered by Benjemin ☺️

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