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1) How many feet higher is the fish than the octopus? 4ft a) 3 ft ift 2ft 1 ft b) -6 ft oft -1ft c)-3 ft -2ft -3.ft Octopus d) 6 ft -4 ft

1) How many feet higher is the fish than the octopus? 4ft a) 3 ft ift 2ft 1 ft b) -6 ft-example-1

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To answer this question we need to calculate the difference between fish position and octopus position

Fp=3ft (fish position)

Op=-3ft (octopus position)


\begin{gathered} Fp-Op=3ft-(-3ft) \\ Fp-Op=3ft+3ft \\ Fp-Op=6ft \end{gathered}

It means the fish is 6 ft higher than the octopus

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