the average elevation of New Orleans, Louisiana,is 8 feet below sea level.
What integer is used to represent this elevation?



Answer :

The average elevation of Louisiana denoted as an integer is -8 feet.

An integer is a real number which is not a fraction. Examples of integers are -4,0,7,26.

  • There are 3 types of integers
  1. Positive integers such as 5,8,2354
  2. negative integers such as -1 , -45 ,100
  3. zero integer or 0
  • Integers are subsets of Real numbers.
  • All whole numbers and natural numbers are subsets of Integers.

The elevation above sea-level of a place is represented by a number and it is calculated by length above or below the average water level of all water bodies on earth.

Places above sea level are denoted by a positive numbers while places below the average sea-level are denoted by negative numbers.

Here the height of Louisiana is 8 feet below the sea-level , so to denote the height of Louisiana we us the negative integer -8 feet.

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