Question

(First gets brainleist) The elevation of a coral reef is 12 feet below sea level. The elevation of a snorkeler is 2 feet below sea level. Write an inequality to compare the elevations using integers.

Answer 1

Answer:

$-12$

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that the elevation of a coral reef is 12 feet below sea level. The elevation of a snorkeler is 2 feet below sea level.

We know that elevation below the sea level is negative and elevation above the sea level is positive.

The elevation of coral reef would be $-12$ feet and elevation of snorkeler would be $-2$.

We know that a larger negative number has less value than smaller negative number. $-12$ is more negative, so it will be less than $-2$.

We can represent both elevation in an inequality as:

$-12$

Therefore, our required inequality would be $-12$.

Answer 2

Answer:

-12 < -2

Step-by-step explanation:

below sea level means under water which is negative. the snorkler is only 2 feet below sea level which is -2 but the coral reef is 12 feet below sea water which in this case -2 is greater than -12 since its closer to 0