Question

At its highest point, the elevation of a county is 5,763 feet above sea level. At its lowest point, the elevation of the county is 8 feet below sea level. Answer parts a through c. a. Write an expression using integers to represent the difference between the elevations. The expression is 다.b. b. Will the answer be written as a positive or negative integer

Answer 1

hello

to solve this question, we just need to write a simple expression. we can also solve this by sketching something out

to find the difference, we just have to subtract below sea level from above sea level. But we have to take into consideration the anything below sea-level will give us a negative value just like in our number line system.

`\begin{gathered} \text{difference(x})=\text{above}-\text{below} \\ x=5763-(-8) \\ x=5763+8 \\ x=5771ft \end{gathered}`

from the calculations above, the difference between the two points is 5771 feet.

b) the answer will be a positive interger just like we have above, the difference in the elevations is +5771 feet.