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A pool's diving platform is 10 m above the water's surface. The

bottom of the pool is at -5 m, relative to the surface of the
water. What is the distance between the diving platform and
the bottom of the pool?

A pool's diving platform is 10 m above the water's surface. The bottom of the pool-example-1
User Melihcelik
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So what u would do is subtract 10 and -5 which will get u 15 because when you subtract positive integers from a negative integer you can easily solve the problem by switching the sign of -5 and adding them together! hope this helps
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