SOLUTION: if you dive down 9 feet underwater. then you come up 3 feet. where are you in relation to the water surface? Use addition and at least one negative number to solve this problem an

SOLUTION: if you dive down 9 feet underwater. then you come up 3 feet. where are you in relation to the water surface? Use addition and at least one negative number to solve this problem an

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Question 395668: if you dive down 9 feet underwater. then you come up 3 feet. where are you in relation to the water surface? Use addition and at least one negative number to solve this problem and show work.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9 feet under is -9.
Come up 3 feet means add 3.
-9+3 = -6 So you are still 6 feet under.
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