A Patient's Weight Loss Can Be Recorded Using Negative Numbers

question 105

Multiple Choice

A patient's weight loss can be recorded using negative numbers. A patient's weight loss in May was recorded as -7 lb. In June, the same patient's weight loss was recorded as -5 lb and in July, the patient's weight loss was recorded as -6 lb. During which month was the weight loss the greatest?

• A) May
• B) July
• C) April
• D) June
• E) March

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