Which situation involves a change modeled by a positive number but an end result modeled by a negative number? A. Leo enters an elevator on the second floor and goes down four floors. B. A plane, flying at an altitude of 300 feet, descends 50 feet. C. Irene is scuba diving at –30 feet. She swims 10 feet toward the surface to watch a school of fish. D. April owes her brother $5. On Friday, she gets $10 for her allowance.

The situation that would involve a change that is from a positive number but ended in a negative number is option C.

This option tells us that at the negative number she was 30 feet below the surface of the water, while at positive number she was 10 feet up the water surface.

This is a number that is greater than 0.

This is a number that is less than 0.

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The positive number but a negative result would be :

C. Irene is scuba diving at –30 feet. She swims 10 feet toward the surface to watch a school of fish.

The positive value is she swam 10 feet up to the surface, but she is still below the surface, which would be a negative result.