Denise lives in a two-story house with a basement. The first story of the house is at ground level. The basement floor is at an elevation of −10.5 feet and the second story floor has an elevation of 12 1/4 feet. Use the absolute value of each elevation to find the distance between the basement floor and the second story floor.

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Answer:

  • 22.75 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

  • Elevation of basement = -10.5 ft
  • Elevation of first story = 0
  • Elevation of second story = 12 1/4 ft

The distance between basement and second story floors:

  • |-10.5| + |12 1/4| =
  • 10.5 + 12.25 =
  • 22.75 ft
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