Question

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if you are diving from a diving board that is 20 feet in the air, into a pool. When jumping into the pool, you touch the bottom in the 10-foot section of the pool. How far did you fall from the diving board to the bottom of the pool? (sentence required)

Answer 1

Answer: 30 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Draw a vertical number line.

Mark +20 or simply 20 which is the starting position at the diving board. The value 0 on the number line is the water's surface. The position -10 is the portion 10 feet at the bottom of the pool.

Going from 20 to 0 is 20 feet. Then going from 0 to -10 is another 10 feet.

Overall, you travel 20+10 = 30 feet.