Question

Mr. Apple noticed that an error had been made on his account. The "loss of $800" should have been a "gain of $800." Locate and label both points that represent "a loss of $800" and "a gain of $800" on the number line below. Describe the relationship of these two numbers when zero represents no change (gain or loss). HHHHHHHHH O

Answer 1

A loss is represented as a negative number (a number less than 0) and a gain is represented by a possitive number (a number grather than 0)

For the given data you get the next graph:

The relationship as 0 is not change is: The loss is a change of $800 being a decrease of the amount in the account. The gain is a change of $800 being a increase of the amount in the account.

Both are changes of $800 but represent different types of changes (increase and decrease)