To determine the appropriate data type for the number [tex]\(-7\)[/tex], let's consider the following options:
1. String: This data type represents text. If [tex]\(-7\)[/tex] was enclosed in quotation marks, like "-7", it would be considered a string. However, [tex]\(-7\)[/tex] without quotation marks is a number and not a string.
2. Int: The 'int' type (short for integer) represents whole numbers without any decimal component. Since [tex]\(-7\)[/tex] is a whole number and does not have a fractional part, it fits this category.
3. Float: The 'float' type is used to represent numbers that have a decimal point. Examples of float values include 3.14, -0.001, or 5.0. Since [tex]\(-7\)[/tex] does not have any fractional part or decimal point, it isn't a float.
4. Single: This term is sometimes used in programming languages like C or C++ to refer to a single-precision floating-point number, which is a specific format of the float type. Since [tex]\(-7\)[/tex] is not a floating-point number at all, this type would not be appropriate.
Given the characteristics of each data type, the correct classification for [tex]\(-7\)[/tex] — a whole number without a decimal part — is:
int
Thus, [tex]\(-7\)[/tex] is of the data type 'int'.
