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Your friend is in Death Valley, California, at an elevation of -282 feet. You are near Mississippi River in Illinois at an elevation of 279 feet. Who is closer to sea level?

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You - take the absolute value of both elevations and determine which one is closer to 0 (or which is the lesser value)
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Mississippi is closer to sea level.
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