Model the situation with a linear function

Steve is scuba diving near his home in maui. at one point he is 100 feet below the surface. represent this number with a negative number. if he descends another 5 feet, what negative number will represents his.

Compare the subtraction problems 6/8 - 5/8 = 1/8 and 6/9 - 7/9 = 1/9 why is the answer to the first problem positive and the answer to the second problem negative

Omar is going on a road trip! the car rental company offers him two types of cars. each car has a fixed price, but he also needs to consider the cost of fuel. the first car costs $90 to rent, and because of its fuel consumption rate, there's an additional cost of s0.50 per kilometer driven.