The deepest point in the Indian Ocean is the Java Trench, which is 25,344 feet below sea level. Elevations below sea level are represented by negative numbers a mile is 5,280 feet. Between Which two integers is the elevation in miles?
Answer:
\(-5\text{ and } -4\)
Step-by-step explanation:
We have been given that the deepest point in the Indian Ocean is the Java Trench, which is 25,344 feet below sea level.
We know that 1 mile equals 5,280 feet.
Since the elevation of the Java Trench is 25,344 feet below sea level, so it will be \(-25,344\).
Let us divide \(-25,344\) by 5,280 to convert the given elevation from feet to miles.
\(\frac{-25,344}{5,280}=-4.8\)
Therefore, the elevation in miles would be between \(-5\text{ and } -4\).