Question

A balloon is floating above a lake and a sunken canoe is below the surface of the lake. The balloon's vertical position is 12 meters and the canoe's is -4.8 meters. The equation: 12+d=-4.812 + d = − 4.8 represents this situation. What does the variable d represent? (distance or difference) What value of d makes the equation true?

Answer 1

Answer:

d represents distance

d = -16.8

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question, we are to find the vale of d from the expression

12+d = -4.8

Subtract 12 from both sides

12+d-12 = -4.8-12

d = -4.8-12

d = -16.8

Hence the value of d that makes two equation true is 16.8

d represents distance