maleeka is standing..

Question

maleeka is standing on the middle step of a ladder. She climbs up three steps  , down five steps , up six steps , and then climbs the final eight steps  to the top of the ladder. How many steps are on this ladder?

Answer 1

It is easy once you draw a picture:

 

 

 1---          e. up 8 steps to the top

 2---

 3---

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 5---

 6---

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 9---         d. up 6 steps

10---   b  up 3 steps

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12---

13---a. middle

14---

15---      c. down 5 steps

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There is a middle with 12 steps above and 12 steps below.  How many is that?

Answer 2

I believe that there is not enough information to get an exact number of steps on this ladder. 

 

What we can figure out is that Maleeka did travel a distance between 14 steps.