SOLUTION: Hello, can someone tell me if I did this right. thank you Find for the following set of numbers: –3.5, –1.4, –0.5, 3, 5, 1, 2 =-3.5+(-1.4)+(-0.5)+3+5+1+2 =-4.9+2.5+5+1+

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Question 88621: Hello,
can someone tell me if I did this right.
thank you
Find for the following set of numbers:
–3.5, –1.4, –0.5, 3, 5, 1, 2
=-3.5+(-1.4)+(-0.5)+3+5+1+2
=-4.9+2.5+5+1+2
=-4.9+2.5+8
=-2.3+8
=5.7

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm assuming you want the sum of all of the numbers right?

You're going great so far. However, you've made a mistake on this line

=-2.3+8

Notice -4.9 plus 2.5 is -2.4 (not -2.3). So it should be

=-2.4+8

which adds to

=5.6


So the sum of every number is 5.6