How far underground does the parking garage go?

Question

The elevator in a skyscraper goes from the top floor down to the lowest level of the underground parking garage. If the building is 470 feet tall and the elevator descends 530 feet from top to bottom, how far underground does the parking garage go?

Answer 1

The garage goes down the distance between the 530 ft that the elevator traveled and the 470 ft height of the building.

 

d = (530 - 470) ft = 60 ft