You decide to go cliff diving. You check your apple watch on the top of the cliff and find that you are 52 feet above sea level. When diving into the ocean and get the bottom of the water, you are -27 feet below sea level. Find the difference in the heights.

79 ft difference

Step-by-step explanation:

if you are 52 ft above 0, and ended up 27 ft below 0, then you could add 52+27 and end up with 79 ft between the 2 points

let's solve your equation step-by-step.

4x+2=2x+12

step 1: subtract 2x from both sides.

4x+2−2x=2x+12−2x

2x+2=12

step 2: subtract 2 from both sides.

2x+2−2=12−2

2x=10

step 3: divide both sides by 2.

2x

2

=

10

2

x=5

step-by-step explanation:

if x = 1, then the answer is 3.5