Question

An ant is on top of a tree 2323 meters tall, directly above her home, which is 0.30.3 meters below the ground. Which of the following expressions represents the distance between the ant and her home? Choose 1 answer:

Answer 1

B :)

Explanation:

Answer 2

`|23--0.3|`

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that an ant is on top of a tree 23 meters tall, directly above her home, which is 0.3 meters below the ground.

As tree is above ground, so ant's elevation will be positive 23. The ant's home is below ground, therefore, elevation of ant's home will be negative 0.3.

Since we can use absolute value to represent the distance between two points on a straight line.

We can represent distance between the ant and her home using absolute values as:

`\text{The distance between the ant and her home}=|\text{23 meters-(-0.3 meters)}|`

`\text{The distance between the ant and her home}=|\text{23 meters+0.3 meters}|`

`\text{The distance between the ant and her home}=|\text{23.3 meters}|`

`\text{The distance between the ant and her home}=\text{23.3 meters}`

Therefore, the distance between ant and her home is 23.3 meters and
`|23--0.3|` represents the distance between the ant and her home.