Kale is diving 647 feet below sea level. She gets an alert from a fellow diver that there is a family of dolphins 112 feet below sea level. What is the vertical distance between Kale and the family of dolphins?(1 point)

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Responses

535 feet
535 feet

72, 464 feet
72, 464 feet

759 feet
759 feet

647 feet

Answer 1

To find the vertical distance between Kale and the family of dolphins, we can subtract the depth of the dolphins from Kale's depth.

Kale is at -647 feet (below sea level) and the dolphins are at -112 feet (also below sea level).

The difference is calculated as follows:

\[ \text{Vertical distance} = | -647 - (-112) | = | -647 + 112 | = | -535 | = 535 \text{ feet} \]

So, the vertical distance between Kale and the family of dolphins is 535 feet.