Question

An underwater robot takes pictures at an elevation of -8 5/12 m relative to sea level. What is the robot's elevation expressed as a decimal? Show your work.

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Answer 1

Explanation:

i think it 8.45

Answer 2

To solve this question, all we have to do is to convert - 8 5/12 to a decimal.

So we have: -8 5/12 = -8. (5/12)

This is equal to -8.41666... , where the 6 continues forever. You can express this by drawing a line above the 6, which indicates that it continues forever.

Let me know if this helps!