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) About Me  (Show Source):
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9 feet under is -9.
Come up 3 feet means add 3.
-9+3 = -6 So you are still 6 feet under.