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To write: the number which represents the situation “Receipts of $85”. Also, write the opposite of this situation and number representing that.
Answer to Problem 9WE
Payment of $85
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The situation is “Receipts of $85”.
Here, the term “Receipt” indicates the “positive direction”.
So, the situation is represented by the number:
Now, the opposite of Receipt is payment.
So, the opposite of given situation is:
“Payment of $85”
Now, the term “payment” indicates the “negative direction”.
And this situation is represented by the number is
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