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Haii confused on one question and I was wondering if I could get some help

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So,

The problem states that a negative change represents when She climbs down. As you can see, all starting elevations are -200 feet.

Then,

Let's analyze row A.

If the starting elevation was -200 and she climbs 150 ft down, that means that we're going to substract. So, the final elevation is:


-200-150=-350

That's the mistake that I indetified.

The rest of the table is correct :). Well done!

Alright. So,

For part B, we're asked to find an equation that represents the values in the table for rows C and D, and then draw the situation.

Let's start with row C:

The starting elevation was -200ft. Given that she climbs 200ft up, the equation that represents her final position can be found only adding 200ft up:


-200ft+200ft=0ft

In the number line, this is:

A similar situation occurs with row D:

Finally, the expression:


-75+100=25

Tells us that the spelunker is situated at an initial elevation of -75ft. Then, she climbs up 100 ft, to obtain 25ft, which is her final elevation.

On the number line, this is:

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