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A pipe is located 45 feet below sea level. What integer would represent the location of the

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1 answer:

Sedaia [141]3 years ago

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Answer:

-45

Step-by-step explanation:

Negative integers are numbers below 0 or in this case below sea level. So the pipe is located -45 feet below sea level.

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