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An elevator is on the 20th floor. It goes down 11 floors and then up 5 floors. What floor is the elevator on now?
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An elevator is on the 20th floor. It goes down 11 floors and then up 5 floors. What floor is the elevator on now?

User Rolf Kristensen
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Well if you go down 11 floors from the 20th floor then you will be on the 9th floor. If you go up 5 floors after that then you will be on the 14th floor. The answer is the 14th floor.
User Sapiens
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20-11=9,so the it went to the 9th floor now it goes 5 more floors so add 9+5=14.
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