Question

15. Death Valley's Badwater Basin has an elevation of 284 feet below sea level, the lowest

elevation in the United States. Mount McKinley has an elevation of 2,500 feet above sea
level, the highest elevation in the United States. What is the difference between the
elevation of Badwater Basin and Mount McKinley?

Answer 1

Answer:2216 feet

Explanation:

Badwater Basin is below sea level, so already we know that the 284 should be a negative number since it is below sea level. Mount McKinley is above sea level, so that number stays as a positive number. Now we can put these two number into an equation to solve, which would be 2,500 + (-284).

Note that the parenthesis are only there so you know that the number is negative, you don't need to solve anything.

Since adding a negative to a positive number is the same as subtraction, we can simplify it to look a little less confusing. You only need to solve 2,500 - 284 , which then equals 2216 ft.

Hope this helps you!