Question

Denver, Colorado is called “The Mile High City” because its elevation is 5280 feet above sea level. Someone tells you that the elevation of Death Valley, California is -282 feet. Is Death Valley located above or below sea level? Explain.How many feet higher is Denver than Death Valley?

Answer 1

Since the elevation of Death Valley has a negative number, which is -282 feet, then the elevation is below sea level. If it had a positive number, that is 282 feet, it would have been above sea level.

Hence answer here is below sea level.

How many feet higher is Denver than Death Valley?

Denver is 5280 feet and Death Valley is -282 feet, so we get their difference, which is subtraction, we have

`\begin{gathered} 5280-(-282) \\ 5280+282 \\ 5562\text{ f}eet \end{gathered}`

Hence, the answer is 5562 feet