Brad takes the bus to work. When he gets off at the bus station, on the ground level, he has to take the elevator down 3 floors and then take another elevator up 16 floors to his office. What is Brad's net gain in floors from where he got off the bus to his office?
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Let b be a variable which represents Brad's floor at the beginning of the problem. First, when he takes the elevator down three floors, our expression denoting Brad's current floor is now b-3. When he goes up 16 floors to his office, our expresion becomes (b-3)+16. This simplifies to b+13, so our answer is THIRTEEN.
Brad takes the bus to work. When he gets off at the bus station, on the ground level, he has to take the elevator down 2 floors and then take another elevator up 14 floors to his office. What is Brad's net gain in floors from where he got off the bus to his office?
14
2 floors down equals-2.
Sixteen fooors up equals 16.
Now, to find the net gain, add the smaller number to the larger number.
16+(-2)= 14
To calculate Brad's net gain in floors from where he got off the bus to his office, we need to find the difference between the number of floors he goes down and the number of floors he goes up.
First, we need to determine the total number of floors he goes down and up. Brad takes the elevator down 3 floors and then goes up 16 floors to his office. So, the total number of floors he goes down is -3 floors (since going down is considered a negative number) and the total number of floors he goes up is 16 floors.
To find the net gain in floors, we subtract the number of floors he goes down from the number of floors he goes up:
Net gain in floors = Number of floors up - Number of floors down
= 16 floors - (-3 floors)
= 16 floors + 3 floors
= 19 floors
Therefore, Brad's net gain in floors from where he got off the bus to his office is 19 floors.