Jessie and his family drove up to a picnic area on a mountain. In the morning, they followed a trail that led to the mountain summit, which was 2,000 feet above the picnic area. They then returned to the picnic area for lunch. Alter
lunch, they hiked on a trail that led to the mountain overlook, which was 3,500 feet below the picnic area.
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Lesson 11 Exit Ticket
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a
Locate and label the elevation of the mountain summit and mountain overlook on a vertical
number line. The picnic area represents zero. Write a rational number to represent each
location.
Picnic area:
Mountain summit:
Mountain overlook:
b. Use absolute value to represent the distance on the number line of each location from the
picnic area.
Distance from the picnic area to the mountain summit:
Distance from the picnic area to the mountain overlook:
C.
What is the distance between the elevations of the summit and overlook? Use absolute value and your
number line from part (a) to explain your answer.