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An office building has 8 stories above the ground level and 3 stories under the ground level. How many floors apart are the top and bottom floors of the building? pls help

An office building has 8 stories above the ground level and 3 stories under the ground level. How many floors apart are the top and bottom floors of the building? pls help
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An office building has 8 stories above the ground level and 3 stories under the ground level. How many floors apart are the top and bottom floors of the building?

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3

Explanation:

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User Preben Huybrechts
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The floors are 11 floors apart.

To find the how far apart numbers are we need to find the difference, or subtract them.

8 - (-3) = 11

Be very careful with your negative numbers. Subtract a negative 3 is the same as adding 3.
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