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A dolphin jumped from 5 feet below the surface of the sea. Jane wrote −5 to represent the depth from which the dolphin jumped. What does 0 represent in this situation? the floor of the sea the surface
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A dolphin jumped from 5 feet below the surface of the sea. Jane wrote −5 to represent the depth from which the dolphin jumped. What does 0 represent in this situation?

the floor of the sea
the surface of the sea
the level to which the dolphin jumped
the level from which the dolphin jumped

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Answer: surface of the sea

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The surface of the sea.


If -5 means that the dolphin was 5 feet below the surface, then represents the surface of the sea. And, for instance, if the dolphin jumped 5 feet above the surface of the sea, 5 would represent that.
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