Answer:
-12 < -2
Step-by-step explanation:
below sea level means under water which is negative. the snorkler is only 2 feet below sea level which is -2 but the coral reef is 12 feet below sea water which in this case -2 is greater than -12 since its closer to 0
Answer:
[tex]-12<-2[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
We have been given that the elevation of a coral reef is 12 feet below sea level. The elevation of a snorkeler is 2 feet below sea level.
We know that elevation below the sea level is negative and elevation above the sea level is positive.
The elevation of coral reef would be [tex]-12[/tex] feet and elevation of snorkeler would be [tex]-2[/tex].
We know that a larger negative number has less value than smaller negative number. [tex]-12[/tex] is more negative, so it will be less than [tex]-2[/tex].
We can represent both elevation in an inequality as:
[tex]-12<-2[/tex]
Therefore, our required inequality would be [tex]-12<-2[/tex].
