A parking garage has floors above and below ground level. For a scavenger hunt, galas friends are given a list of objects they need to find on the third floor and fourth level below ground, the first and fourth above ground, and ground level. Question A . If ground level is 0 and the first level above ground is 1, which integers can you use to represent the other levels where objects are hidden? Explain please. Thanks please help answer. Also, B, if she takes the stairs, how many flights of stairs will she have to climb? How do you know? Please answer both questions. Thanks
what are the numbers moving away from 0?
Surely you can figure out how many stairs she has to climb. She has to go down 4, back up to 0, and then up another 4, then back to 0.
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To represent the levels of the parking garage where objects are hidden, we can use positive and negative integers.
Since ground level is represented by 0, the first level above ground can be represented by +1. Similarly, we can represent the fourth level above ground by +4.
For the levels below ground, we use negative integers. So, the fourth level below ground can be represented by -4.
Answer A: Therefore, the integers that can be used to represent the other levels where objects are hidden are -4, -1, 0, +1, and +4.
Now let's move on to Question B and calculate the number of flights of stairs Gala will have to climb.
Since she needs to go from the ground level (0) to the third floor above ground (+3), we can count the number of levels she needs to climb. Each level represents one flight of stairs.
To go from 0 to +3, Gala will need to climb 3 flights of stairs.
Answer B: Gala will have to climb 3 flights of stairs to reach the third floor above ground.
Please note that the actual number of stairs per flight may vary depending on the specific design of the parking garage.