In a survey of the Chilika lagoon, point A is recorded at −7 m and point B at −11 m, both measured from the water surface. Which point is deeper, and which reading is the greater integer?

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B is deeper, but −7 is the greater number.. Depth is distance below the surface, so B wins on depth: |−11| = 11 is more than |−7| = 7. But as integers, −7 > −11, because −7 lies to the right of −11 on the number line. For negative readings 'deeper' and 'greater' point in opposite directions, and that is exactly the trap here.

In a survey of the Chilika lagoon, point A is recorded at −7 m and point B at −11 m, both measured from the water surface. Which point is deeper, and which reading is the greater integer?

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