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15 PPOINTSMrs. France, a seventh-grade math teacher, is grading papers. Three students gave the following responses to the same math problem:

Student one: −1 /2

Student two: 1−/2

Student three: −(1/2)


On Mrs. France's answer key for the assignment, the correct answer is −0.5. Which student answer(s) is (are) correct and why?ANWER JUST EXPLAIN WHY PLZZZZZZZZZZZ

User Sikorski
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Answer:student 3

Explanation:

User Micoru
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1÷2 would equal a half or 0.5.And the 0.5 is negative on the answer keys so -1/2 and -(1/2) are correct. So student one and student three are correct.

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