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Answer 1

A miner descended 1200 feet into a mine. While in the mine, he then rose 900 feet and then descended 350 feet. What was the miner's net gain or loss in altitude?

A.
–1200 ft

B.
50 ft

C.
–650 ft

D.
650 ft

Answer 2

@Boblovesmath

Answer 3

How about you do this. Make the floor surface equal to 0 and down low is negative. So -1200 + 900 -350. This is his height.

Answer 4

C?

Answer 5

yup! :)