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Trina and Jessie went on a vacation to Hawaii. Trina went scuba diving and reached an elevation of -85.6 meters, which is below sea level. Jessie went hang gliding and reached the altitude of 87.9 meters which is above sea level.

A. Who is closer to surface of the ocean?
B. Trina wants to hang glide at the same number of meters as she scuba dived below sea level. Will she fly higher than she did?

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A. Trina is closer is closer to the sea level
B. Yes she will because when she was gliding she was above sea lvl and so in the positives and so when diving she would be under sea level making it negative
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