Mr. Calex left his phone on the top floor of Andrew Building. Unfortunately, the elevators are under repair, so he must take the stairs up. He climbs the stairs at a constant velocity of 0.25 m/s, then goes down at a constant 0.5 m/s. In total, it took him 540 seconds to run up the building and run back down. How many meters tall is Andrew Building?

Mr. Calex left his phone on the top floor of Andrew Building. Unfortunately, the elevators are under repair, so he must take the stairs up. He climbs the stairs at a constant velocity of 0.25 m/s, then goes down at a constant 0.5 m/s. In total, it took him 540 seconds to run up the building and run back down. How many meters tall is Andrew Building?

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Mr. Calex left his phone on the top
floor of Andrew Building.
Unfortunately, the elevators are
under repair, so he must take the
stairs up. He climbs the stairs at a
constant velocity of 0.25 m/s, then
goes down at a constant O.5 m/s. In
total, it took him 540 seconds to run
up the building and run back down.
How many meters tall is Andrew
Building?

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