Question

A driver is swimming at -10 m. He then descends 3 m and rises 6 m. At what new level is the driver swimming?

Answer 1

Answer:

-7 m

Step-by-step explanation:

The diver is at -10 m

He descends 3 m, so subtract 3

-10 -3 = -13

Then he rises 6 m, so add 6

-13 +6 = -7

He is now at -7 m

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is -7 meters.

Step-by-step explanation:

First let's look at the integers we have here.

• -10
• descending 3m (-3)
• rising 6m (+6)

Next we put them into an equation which should look like this:

-10 - 3 + 6

collect the like terms to simplify the equation:

-13 + 6

= -7m

Hope this helped!