A girl's feet are negative 4 over 6 yards from the surface of a pool. A boy's feet are negative 1 over 6 yards from the surface of the pool. Determine whose feet are closer to the surface. (4 points) The girl's feet are closer to the surface of the pool because negative 4 over 6 negative 1 over 6 . The boy's feet are closer to the surface of the pool because negative 4 over 6

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A girl's feet are negative 4 over 6 yards from the surface of a pool. A boy's feet are negative 1 over 6 yards from the surface of the pool. Determine whose feet are closer to the surface. (4 points) The girl's feet are closer to the surface of the pool because negative 4 over 6 > negative 1 over 6 . The boy's feet are closer to the surface of the pool because negative 4 over 6 < negative 1 over 6 . The girl's feet are closer to the surface of the pool because negative 4 over 6 < negative 1 over 6 . The boy's feet are closer to the surface of the pool because negative 4 over 6 > negative 1 over 6 . 5.

minustempo · Answer

How can your feet be negative yards away from a pool.

JamesTDG · Answer

@minustempo wrote:

How can your feet be negative yards away from a pool.

It is talking about being underneath the water, which generally can be referred to as -n

JamesTDG · Answer

Alf, to solve your problem, you just need to know whether -4/6 is larger than -1/6 or not

minustempo · Answer

Oh ok I misread I thought it was talking about distance from the pool itself not the surface

minustempo · Answer

So since -1/6 > -4/6 the boy's feet are closer