Question

The surface of the Salton Sea in California is 226 feet below sea level. The peak of a mountain, also in California, is 10,000 ft above sea level. What is the difference between the two elevations?

Answer 1

Answer:

10226 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the sea level, A horizontal imaginary line on the sea's surface.

-Given that Salton is -226 ft below this line and the mountain is 10000ft above sea. The difference between this elevetions is calculated as;

$\bigtriangleup =Mountain \ Peak-Sea \ bottom\\\\=10000-(-226)\\\\=10000+226\\\\=10226$

Hence, the difference between the two elevations is 10226 ft