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Integers, SM-Bank 006

The Nevis Bungy in Queenstown is the highest bungee jump in New Zealand.

Jumpers launch downwards from a platform and take just 8.5 seconds to freefall 134 metres before the bungee cord retracts for the first time.

Express the length of the freefall as a directed number. Consider the platform to be at zero length.  (1 mark)

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`-134\ text(metres)`

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`134\ text(metres below the platform) = -134\ text(metres)`

Filed Under: Computation With Integers Tagged With: num-title-ct-core, smc-4209-35-Direction and Magnitude, smc-4209-70-Word Problems

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