Raul tried to evaluate an expression step by step.3−(−5)−7=3+5−7 Step 1=3+2 Step 2 =5 Step 3Find Raul's first mistake.Choose 1 answer:(A) The opposite of −5 is −5 , not 5.(B) 5 minus 7 equals −2 , not 2.(C) 3 plus 2 equals 6 , not 5 .
Q. Raul tried to evaluate an expression step by step.3−(−5)−7=3+5−7 Step 1=3+2 Step 2 =5 Step 3Find Raul's first mistake.Choose 1 answer:(A) The opposite of −5 is −5 , not 5.(B) 5 minus 7 equals −2 , not 2.(C) 3 plus 2 equals 6 , not 5 .
Initial Expression: Raul's initial expression is 3−(−5)−7. He starts by converting the subtraction of a negative number to addition: 3−(−5) becomes 3+5. This is a correct application of the rule that subtracting a negative is the same as adding a positive. Calculation: 3+5=8.
Conversion to Addition: Next, Raul subtracts 7 from the result of the first step: 8−7. Calculation: 8−7=1. Raul incorrectly states the result as 3+2 in "Step 2". This is where the first mistake occurs.
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