Kale is diving 459 feet below sea level. She gets an alert from a fellow diver that there is a family of dolphins 124 feet below sea level. What is the vertical distance between Kale and the family of dolphins?

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Responses

335 feet
335 feet

583 feet
583 feet

56, 916 feet
56, 916 feet

- 335 feet

Answer 1

To find the vertical distance between Kale and the family of dolphins, we can calculate it by subtracting the depth of the dolphins from Kale's depth:

Kale's depth: -459 feet (below sea level) Dolphins' depth: -124 feet (below sea level)

The vertical distance between them is: \[ |-459 - (-124)| = |-459 + 124| = |-335| = 335 \text{ feet} \]

So, the vertical distance between Kale and the family of dolphins is 335 feet.