A mountain, 1000 feet above sea level is near a valley 200 feet above sea level.?

Question

How many feet higher is the mountain than the valley?

Answer 1

What you want to do heare is draw a picture

........M  1000ft

......./;;;\__

...../...........\  . /~\

.../;;;;;;;;;;;;;;\v/''''''\        200ft

../..........................\

Here we have a mountain, and a valley, O.k. use your imagination!  

how many feet (the end amount) Higher (more than) is the Mountain than the valley.

How many feet = mountain > Valley?

How many feet = 1000 - 200

800 feet = mountain > Valley!

now the v in the valley is 200 feet up so if you imagine that a line from the top of the mountain to the valley is drawn, and you measure that line, how long would it be?  why?

good luck!

Answer 2

800 feet

Answer 3

800