The elevation of the basement floor in a building is -14 ft. The elevation of the roof is 36 feet. What is the distance from the basement floor to the roof?
Responses
A -50 ft-50 ft
B -24 ft-24 ft
C 24 ft24 ft
D 40 ft40 ft
E 50 ft
The distance from the basement floor to the roof is the difference between their elevations, which is (36 ft) - (-14 ft) = 50 ft. Therefore, the correct answer is E) 50 ft.
To find the distance from the basement floor to the roof, we need to subtract the elevation of the basement floor from the elevation of the roof.
36 ft - (-14 ft) = 36 ft + 14 ft
This simplifies to:
36 ft + 14 ft = 50 ft
Therefore, the distance from the basement floor to the roof is 50 ft.
The correct answer is E) 50 ft.
To find the distance from the basement floor to the roof, we need to find the difference in elevation between them.
The elevation of the basement floor is -14 ft, and the elevation of the roof is 36 ft. To find the difference, we subtract the elevation of the basement floor from the elevation of the roof:
36 ft - (-14 ft) = 36 ft + 14 ft = 50 ft.
Therefore, the distance from the basement floor to the roof is 50 ft.
So the correct answer is E) 50 ft.