Question

A shark is at -80 feet. It swims up and jumps out of the water to a height of 15 feet. Write a subtraction expression for the vertical distance the shark travels.

Answer 1

Vd=15- -80; 15 represents distance above water, 80 represents distance below water
Vd=|-80-15|, must use absolute value because it's distance
Vd=15+80
Use the top two as answers as the problem as it asks for a subtraction problem