Question

Situation A: A hang glider descended 33.57 feet, and then ascended 14.98 feet.
Situation B: A football team gained yards in one play, and then lost of a yard in the next play.
Situation C: A hiker walked 3 1/6 miles yesterday and 2 1/2 miles today.
Situation D: A worker earned $23.66 Monday and spent $15.84 Tuesday.
Calculate the sum of each situation. Order the situations from least to greatest based on the numeric value of the sums.

Answer 1

PLEASE HELP

Answer 2

whats the question

Answer 3

for A. what mean descended and ascended ? use these

Answer 4

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Answer 5

@Galaxykawaii2, can you give us the fractions for Situation B please.

Answer 6

Situation A:
Descending is going down, ascending is going up.

Descends 33.57 feet from 0,
\(0-33.57\) \(=-33.57ft\)
Ascends 14.98 feet, NOT from 0, but from -33.57.
\(-33.57+14.98\) \(=-18.59ft\)

So it would be \(-18.59\) for Situation A.

Answer 7

Situation B can not be answered due to: `no numbers/fractions`.

Answer 8

Situation C:
Hiked a certain amount of miles TOTAL.

Hiked \(3\dfrac{1}{6}\) miles yesterday.
Hiked \(2\dfrac{1}{2}\) miles today.

So you would just add these together, BUT the fractions are different.

How many times can 2 go into 6?, 3 times. So it would look like:
\(3\dfrac{1}{6}\) and \(2\dfrac{3}{6}\)

Now add them together:
\(3+2+\dfrac{1}{6}+\dfrac{3}{6}\) \(=5\dfrac{4}{6}\)

Now we need to reduce the fraction, it can be divided by 2.
\(\dfrac{4}{6} \rightarrow \dfrac{2}{3}\)

So, \(5\dfrac{2}{3}\) would be your answer for Situation C.

Answer 9

Situation D:
Earned and spent.

Worker earned 23.66 on Monday.
\(+23.66\)

Worker spent 15.84 on Tuesday
\(23.66-15.84\) \(=7.82\)

So the worker still has $7.82 left.

Answer 10

Now, we can't sort them because we don't have the numbers for B.