Question

The highest point in a park is 235 feet above sea level. The lowest point is 32 feet below sea level. What is the distance between the highest and lowest points in the park? _____ feet

Answer 1

267 feet
add above sea level and below sea level

Answer 2

The distance between the points is equal to 267 feet

Explanation:

In order to find the distance between the highest and the lowest points in the park we just have to subtract the the lower height from the higher height and the resulting difference will be equal to the distance between the two points. And so we get..........

235 - (-32) = 235 + 32 = 267

(Notice that the 32 feet are written as (-32) because the lowest point is 32 feet below the sea level).