Answer:
|279|
Step-by-step explanation:
so when ur doing absolute value you js need distance so lets work with the problem, if ur 279 feet below water u would need to get to zero feet below sea level (ground lvl) to do so how many feet towards ground lvl would u go? (279 clearly) so the distance from how many feet under u are to the ground lvl is ur absolute value.
Tbh in school they over complicate it if u need an absolute number from a negative number like -279 (as it is in the problem) you would js make it a positive (if its positive 279 u js say the absolute value is 279)
(also the absolute value is the distance between the number and zero so yh u can put that)
