Question

Kathy stood on the middle rung of a ladder she climbed up 3 rungs moved down 5 rungs then climbed up 8 rungs. Then she climbed up the remaining 2 rungs. How many rungs are there in the whole ladder

Answer 1

start:: middle rung

middle + 2 -3 + 7 = middle + 6

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Ans: middle + 6 above + 6 below

# of rungs = 1 + 12 = 13