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A groundhog crawls out from a hole 3 feet below the surface of the ground. Joan wrote −3 feet to represent the depth from which the groundhog crawls out. What does 0 represent in this situation?
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A groundhog crawls out from a hole 3 feet below the surface of the ground. Joan wrote −3 feet to represent the depth from which the groundhog crawls out. What does 0 represent in this situation?

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In this situation ground level would be 0.Hope this helps

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0 would represent the ground level. If the hole goes 3 feet deep, and Joan wrote -3 feet, the it would mean 3 feet below 0 (the surface/ground)

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