Question

Jamal stands on a dock 1.5 meters above the surface of the water.A trout swims 4.8 meters below Jamal.What is the depth of the trout compared to the surface of the water?

Answer 1

Since the trout is 4.8m below Jamal and it takes 1.5m just to get to the surface of the water, we will subtract the two numbers.

1.5  - 4.8 = - 3.3      The trout is 3.3 meters below the surface.