Question

a bird is flying at an elevation of 14 ft above the surface of the water a fish Is swimming the same distance below the water. a. What number represents the position of the fish relative to the surface b. How does the absolute value of the number you wrote show that the 2 distances from the surface of the water are the same

Answer 1

Bird is flying at an hieght of 14 ft above

Fish is swimming is at 14 ft below the water

The level of water surface is act as origin

Since the fish is swimming below the water surface level or below origin

so, the fish is at negative of y axis at 14

So, the number represent is -14

The numbe for the distance of bird is 14

the number for the distance of fish is -14

Absolute number is expresses as |-a|=a

So, absolute of 14 & -14 is 14

Absolute of the number is 14

Answer :

a) -14

b) 14