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Answer 1

Joan represents the height at which a sea gull is flying at +4 feet and the depth at which a fish is swimming at −1 feet on a number line, where 0 represents the surface of the water. Which of these explains whether the sea gull or the fish is closer to the surface of the water?

Answer 2

Answer Chocies: The fish is closer to the surface of the water because |+4| = 4 and − |−1| = −1, and −1 < 4.
The sea gull is closer to the surface of the water because |+4| = −4 and |−1| = −1, and −1 > −4.
The fish is closer to the surface of the water because |+4| = 4 and |−1| = 1, and 1 < 4.
The sea gull is closer to the surface of the water because |+4| = 4 and − |−1| = 1, and 4 > 1.

Answer 3

So if 0 represents the surface of the water, then it looks like the fish would be closer since he is only 1 foot away, while the seagull is 4

Answer 4

so which answer shows that the fish is closer because he is only 1 foot away?