Question

Tyrell went to the park to go jogging. The beginning of the running path has an elevation of -2 feet. The highest elevation on the jogging path is 14 feet. What is the difference in elevation between the highest point and the beginning of the path? Make sure you write down the highest point first then take away the negative two.

Answer 1

16 ft

Explanation:

Difference in a math question always signifies that we are subtracting. When finding the difference between an elevation you need to subtract the highest point first from the lowest point or starting point. Therefore in this scenario, we subtract 14 feet which is the highest point from the starting point which is -2 ft. Since the starting point is at a negative elevation, the negatives will cancel out and becomes a positive.

14 - (-2) = x ... negative cancel out and become a positive or addition

14 + 2 = x

16 ft = x

Finally, we can see that the difference between these two points is 16 ft.