Question

Carl is planning out his route for an upcoming race. He uses negative numbers to represent points before the finish line and positive numbers to represent points past the finish line. On Carl's map, the last water station is at − 27 1 4 −27 4 1 ​ minus, 27, start fraction, 1, divided by, 4, end fraction meters, and his family is watching him at 9 1 2 9 2 1 ​ 9, start fraction, 1, divided by, 2, end fraction meters. What does 0 00 meters represent?

Answer 1

The finish line

Answer 2

0 represents the start point

Explanation:

Given

`Before\ Finish\ Line = -27(1)/(4)`

`After\ Finish\ Line = 9(1)/(2)`

Required

What does 0 represents

In a race; there's always a starting point, irrespective of the current position of the racer.

This position is always at the 0 point.

Hence:

The 0 meters represents the start point