Question

HELP PLEASE ( DURING THE DROUGHT ON THE TOP OF THE CHURCH WAS 28 FT ABOVE WATER LEVELS THE BOTTOM OF THE CHURCH WAS 20 FT BELOW WATER LEVEL HOW MANY FEET TALL IS THE CHURCH)

Answer 1

During the drought the church was 28 ft above water level . The bottom of the church was 20 ft below water level . Let us use a diagram to represent this .

To get the height of the church can be calculated below . Since the bottom of the church is below sea level we can use negative sign to represent it . And the height of the church can be calculated as follows.

`28-(-20)=28+20=48ft`