Question

6. The octopus was swimming 3 feet below the surface. If the octopus swam up 3

feet? Represent the octopus location using an integer.*

Answer 1

Octopus Location: 0

Explanation:

If the octopus was swimming 3 ft below the surface, it's considered -3.

The octopus then swam up 3 feet, so we add 3 to the -3 from the previous statement.

-3 + 3 = 0

Answer 2

If the octopus was 3 feet BELOW the surface than that means it was at -3 but if the octopus swam up 3 feet that means the octopus location is at 0 now.
So that means the equation would look like this -3+3=0