Question

you start hiking at an elevation that is 550 meters below sea level.you increase your elevation by 45 meters.what is the new elevation? write an addition and evaluate.

Answer 1

You are now 38 m below base camp.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

You start hiking at an elevation that is 80 meters below base camp.

Now your initial location is 80 m below base camp, that can be represents as: -80

Now you increase your elevation by 42.

So you go up by 42.

In other words, you get the equation -80+42 = -38.

Since, a negative value is below the base camp, this means that you are now 38 m below base camp.

Answer 2

-550+45=(-505)

Explanation:

You are at -505 meters below sea level