Well a difference is the difference between them. difference means subtraction. So so a difference can be written as:
40.67 - (-41.29)
If you subtract a negative number you really add it. to make sense of this you could say 40.67 is 40.67 units away from zero in the positive direction. whereas -41.29 is 41.29 units away in the negative direction. since they go in opposite directions away from zero that means that thw length between them is extended and must then be added together. So
40.67 + 41.29 = 81.96
First, think of your places. You have the ones places, tens places, hundreds places, and so on.
The first number starting from the right is the ones, and as you keep going left, the value of each given digit becomes higher.
Since 5 is in the ones place, its value would be just 5. If it were in the tens place, it would be 50. If it were in the hundreds place, it would be 500, and so on.
Think of it this way;
Ones is just one. If a number is in the 'ones' place, its value would be a single digit. If it were in the tens place, its value would be two digits.
That's how it would be for each place going left.
Every number you move to the left, its value gains a one.
So here's an example:
5555
The value of 5 in the ones place "5555" is simply 5.
In the tens place, you end up adding one zero, so the value of the second five to the left would be, "50"
So with that said, the value of the digit 5 in the number 75 is <em>5.
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First, all the heights have to be converted to similar units, say feet.
Therefore,
Building= 20 feet
Tree = 252*0.083333 = 21 feet
Flagpole = 6*3 = 18 feet
The tallest of the three is the tree and thus should cast the longest shadow. However, it should be noted that at exactly noon when the sun is overhead, all the three will have equal length of shadow (that is, 0 feet long).
