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Max starts on the 20th floor of a

building and takes the elevator
4 floors down. Then he takes the
elevator up 3 floors, and then down
another 5 floors. Write the absolute
value of the greatest change in
floors that Max made.

User Bin Ury
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Answer:

he ends up on floor 14

the highest difference between the floors has been 6

the highest change in floors at one time is 5(down)

Explanation:

20-4=16

16+9=19

19-5=14

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