Question

A penguin is standing 3 feet above sea level and then
dives down 10 feet. What is its depth?

Answer 1

-7 feet or 7 feet below sea level

Explanation:

We can find the absolute value to solve this problem.

There are two ways that we can solve this:

Solution 1: |3 - 10| = 7

Solution 2: 10 - 3 = 7

Hope this helped!

Answer 2

7 feet below sea level

Explanation:

he was at 3 then you subtract 10 feet because he dives.