Question

A submarine descended 32 feet below the surface of the ocean. It then rose 15 feet o look at a shark. Write a solution using integers and solve to find the current depth of the submarine. (Answer should be negative)

Solution and Answer:

Answer 1

-32+15= -17ft

Explanation:

when substracting integers with different signs, you substract and keep the sign of the higher number. 32-15=17 and the higher number which is 32 has a negative sign so -17.