Increases in elevation are recorded with positive numbers. Decreases in elevation are recorded with negative numbers.A group of hikers is hiking down a mountain. After 4 hours they descended 600 meters. They descended the mountain at the same rate each hour.What was the hiking group's change in elevation each hour?____meters
Q. Increases in elevation are recorded with positive numbers. Decreases in elevation are recorded with negative numbers.A group of hikers is hiking down a mountain. After 4 hours they descended 600 meters. They descended the mountain at the same rate each hour.What was the hiking group's change in elevation each hour?____meters
Calculate change per hour: They descended 600 meters in 4 hours, so to find the change in elevation per hour, divide the total descent by the number of hours.Calculation: 600 meters ÷4 hours = 150 meters per hour.
Determine change in elevation: So, the change in elevation each hour is −150 meters, because they are descending.