Question

a diver's elevation is -30 feet relative to sea level/ she dives down 12 feet. what is her elevation after the dive?

Answer 1

Answer:

-42

Step-by-step explanation:

since it is diving down, we can assume it is going deeper, making it a negative number.

Since it is a negative number we can assume, that their both negatives, making it more of adding two negative numbers and 30+12=42, and since its a negative number we put a negative sign on there and we get an answer of

           

                                                    -42