A squirrel runs 23 feet down a hill to eat an acorn. Then, it runs 23 feet up the hill. Write the integer that represents the squirrel's final position with respect to the top of the hill.
The squirrel runs 23 feet down the hill and then 23 feet up the hill. Since going down and then back up brings it back to the same level, the squirrel's final position with respect to the top of the hill is 0.
To represent the squirrel's final position with respect to the top of the hill, you can use positive (+) and negative (-) integers. Since the squirrel ran 23 feet down the hill and then ran 23 feet up the hill, it ended up at the same position as the top of the hill.
Therefore, the integer that represents the squirrel's final position is 0.
To determine the squirrel's final position with respect to the top of the hill, we need to consider the direction and distance it has traveled.
Since the squirrel ran 23 feet down the hill, we can represent this by a negative integer. Let's assign the negative sign to indicate the direction, making it -23.
Afterward, the squirrel runs 23 feet up the hill, which essentially cancels out its downward movement. This can be represented by a positive integer. Let's assign the positive sign to indicate the upward direction, making it +23.
To find the squirrel's final position with respect to the top of the hill, we need to add these two distances together. Adding a positive integer (+23) and a negative integer (-23) will always result in zero.
Therefore, the integer that represents the squirrel's final position with respect to the top of the hill is 0.