Question

In a four-year period, about 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands in the US are lost each year. What integer represents the total change in coastal wetlands?

Answer 1

-80,000

Explanation:

An integer is a whole number , can be positive or negative

Since we are talking about a loss here, then we have something being subtracted

Hence, we are expecting a negative value;

So the integer representing the total change in coastal wetlands will be -80,000