SOLUTION: A climber starts descending from 533 ft above sea level and keeps going until he reaches 10 ft below sea level. How many ft did she descend?

Question 783499: A climber starts descending from 533 ft above sea level and keeps going until he reaches 10 ft below sea level. How many ft did she descend?

Found 2 solutions by solver91311, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Divide the descent into two parts. 1st part: From 533 feet to sea level. 2nd part from sea level to 10 feet below sea level. Add the distance for each of the two parts. Hint: How many feet above or below sea level is sea level?

John

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Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
10 ft below sea level corresponds to the number -10

Distance from 533 to -10 is: 533 - (-10) = 533 + 10 = 543

So the climber descended 543 feet.
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