Agree or Disagree?
State whether you agree with the statement.
A city that has an elevation of 15 meters is closer to sea level than a city that has an elevation of-10 meters.
A city that has an elevation of 15 meters is closer to sea level than a city that has an elevation of-10 meters.
I disagree. 15 meters above sea level is 5 meters farther from the top of the water than –10 meters below.
Exaggerate the conditions to make it obvious. What if you said
A city that has an elevation of 5000 meters is closer to sea level than a city that has an elevation of –10 meters.
This technique is similar to the "reductio ad absurdum" form of argument.
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+1005 I disagreen since -10 is 10 away from 0(sea level) and 15 is 15 away. 10<15 thus I disagree.
