Question

Mammoth Cave in Kentucky has a depth of −124.1 meters. Suppose a hiker traveled to the bottom of the cave. How many meters did the hiker descend? __ m

Answer 1

124.1 m

Explanation:

Given that:

Depth of mammoth cave = - 124.1 meters

To travel to the bottom of the cave, hence, the hiker is at the maximum depth.

Since the depth of the cave is - 124.1 m and the hiker has traveled down tonthe bottom and hence covered the total depth. Then thebhiker must have descended by the same value corresponding to the depthnifnthe cave = 124.1 meters