Question

The bird feeder on a pole measures +6 feet and there is a buried treasure chest at -4 feet. 0 is ground level. Determine which item is closer to ground level.

0ω0 I don't get this-
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Answer 1

4 because 4 is closer to 0 then 6

Answer 2

the answer is 4

just think of -4 as 4 in this question it is looking for the one closer and now that both of them are counting numbers 4 is less