Question

A mountain climber camped at an elevation of 18,492 feet. The following day the climber descended 2,516 feet to another campsite. Write a numerical expression you can evaluate to find the elevation of the second campsite. Then find the elevation.

Answer 1

18,492-2,516= height of second campsite

height of second campsite = 15,976 feet

Explanation:

18,492 - 2,516 = height of second campsite

Since he is descending you can take the height of the original campsite minus the height descended to get the height of the second campsite

The height of the second campsite would be 15,976 feet

Answer 2

18492-2516

Elevation: 15976

Explanation:

Since the climber descended 2516 feet, we can write 18492-2516.