need the correct answer if someone can guide me towards that direction please?

Frank is in an airplane flying at 14,080 ft above sea level. He wants to land the airplane on a runway that is 22 ft below sea level.

What was the total vertical distance between his current height and the runway?

ft

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need the correct answer if someone can guide me towards that direction please?

 


 
Frank is in an airplane flying at 14,080 ft above sea level. He wants to land the airplane on a runway that is 22 ft below sea level.

 

What was the total vertical distance between his current height and the runway?

 

    ft

anonymous · Answer

have to fill in beside where it says ft

anonymous · Answer

from 14,080 up to 22 down is how far?|dw:1409139820270:dw|

anonymous · Answer

i'm not really sure. would it be a negative number?

anonymous · Answer

not if they are asking for a distance
distance is positive

anonymous · Answer

"how far" 
add $14080+22$ is all they are asking of you

anonymous · Answer

14,102 is the answer i got

anonymous · Answer

me too

anonymous · Answer

so that would be the answer then?

shadowlegendx · Answer

This seems quite simple of a question, or is there a more complex side to this that I do not see @satellite73 ?

shadowlegendx · Answer

It seems they just want to know if you understand the concept and have decent reasoning in how to solve this type of problem

anonymous · Answer

this question is on adding and subtracting equations