Question

The top of a house is 32 feet above ground. The basement floor is 12 feet below

ground. What is the distance between the top of the house and the basement floor

Answer 1

12 feet below would be -12. from -12 to 0 would be 12 feet.

from 0 to 32 above would be 32 feet.

Total distance = 12 + 32 = 44 feet.