The absolute value expression that represents how many floors Nathan must go up to get from his car to his office can be found by taking the absolute difference between the floor number he parked on and the floor number of his office, that is:
|18 - (-2)| = |18 + 2| = 20
Therefore, Nathan must go up 20 floors to get from his car to his office.
A building has 23 floors of offices above ground and 5 floors below ground. Nathan parks on the 2nd floor below ground and has an office on the 18th floor. The ground floor is floor zero. Which absolute value expression represents how many floors he must go up to get from his car to his office?
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