Question

Can someone help me with this question, please?Lynnette lives on a certain floor of her apartment building. She goes up 2 flights of stairs to put a load of laundry in a washing machine on that floor. Then she goes down 5 flights to borrow a book from a friend. Next, she foes up 8 flights to visit another friend who is ill. How many flights up or down does Lynnette now have to go to take her laundry out of the washing machine?
Thanks!

Answer 1

She puts her laundry in the washing machine.
then she goes DOWN 5 flights of stairs
and UP 8 flights of stairs.

So how many flights of stairs does she have to do to get back to the washing machine?

Lets say we start at 0, and we ADD 5 , and then SUBTRACT 8:

0 + 5 - 8 = -3

so how many do you need to add to get back to 0?

Answer 2

3?

Answer 3

exactly :)