Question

At 11,560 feet above sea level, Climax, Colorado, is the highest town in the united States. The lowest town in Calipatria, California, at 185 feet below sea level. Express both of these distance as integers and tell which is closer to sea level. How much closer to sea level is the town that is closer?

Answer 1

Climax: 11,560. Calipatria: 185 Calipatra is closer by 11,375ft

Explanation:

Climax is 11,560ft above sea level, which means it is 11,560ft away from sea level. Calipatria 185ft away from sea level by the same logic. The one whih is closer to sea level would be the smaller number, which would be 185, and how much closer would be 11,560-185= 11,560.

If you're wondering why the 185 isn't negative, it's because the question is asking how far away from zero the numbers are, so you would take the absolute value of -185 which would be 185.