Question

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Mt. Everest, the highest elevation in Asia, is 29,028 feet above sea level. The Dead Sea, the lowest elevation, is 1,312 feet below sea level. What is the difference between these two elevations? Show your work.

Answer 1

Answer:

mt Everest is the highest point on the world while dead sea is the lowest point on the earth.

Answer 2

Answer:

The difference between the two elevations is 30,340 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mt. Everest, the highest elevation in Asia, is  29 , 028  feet above sea level. The Dead Sea, the lowest elevation, is  1 , 312  feet below sea level.  

As the two are in opposite direction, one being above sea level and other being below sea level,

To find the difference between these two elevations, we should add the two figures i.e.

29,028 + 1,312 = 30,340 feet.

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