Question
A team of scientists are measuring the amount of snow at the top of a mountain. The table shows the changes in snow amounts by year. What does 0 represent in this situation?
Year |1| |2| |3| |4| |5|
Amount of snow | -17 | |2| |5| | -3| |-1|
change (inches)
A
Inches of snow at the top of the mountain
B
Year when snow measuring began
C
Final year of measuring snow
D
Original amount of snow before measuring began
Year |1| |2| |3| |4| |5|
Amount of snow | -17 | |2| |5| | -3| |-1|
change (inches)
A
Inches of snow at the top of the mountain
B
Year when snow measuring began
C
Final year of measuring snow
D
Original amount of snow before measuring began
Answers
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D. Original amount of snow before measuring began.
The table shows the changes in snow amounts by year, so the 0 value is not present in the table. It represents the starting or original amount of snow before any changes were measured.
The table shows the changes in snow amounts by year, so the 0 value is not present in the table. It represents the starting or original amount of snow before any changes were measured.