Question

The change will be a whole dollar amount, which can be negative, zero, or positive. Thus the change will be a(n

Answer 1

Integer number

Explanation:

A "whole dollar" amount means, there's no decimal point, or cents in the dollar amount.

This represents a whole number, which is an integer.

It is an integer because we are told that the while dollar amount could be negative, positive or zero.

A number that is zero, positive or negative, which is also not a fraction nor a decimal, meets the true definition of what can be referred to as an integer.

Thus, the whole dollar amount change could be 0, -4, 4.