A lift in a Mumbai building starts at the ground floor (level 0). It goes down 3 floors, then the same trip is repeated 4 times in total. Writing each downward trip as -3 and using a property of integers, at which level does the lift end?

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-12. 4 trips of -3 floors each: 4 x (-3) = -12. The lift ends at level -12 (the 12th basement level).

A lift in a Mumbai building starts at the ground floor (level 0).
It goes down 3 floors, then the same trip is repeated 4 times in total.
Writing each downward trip as -3 and using a property of integers, at which level does the lift end?

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A lift in a Mumbai building starts at the ground floor (level 0).It goes down 3 floors, then the same trip is repeated 4 times in total.Writing each downward trip as -3 and using a property of integers, at which level does the lift end?

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A lift in a Mumbai building starts at the ground floor (level 0).
It goes down 3 floors, then the same trip is repeated 4 times in total.
Writing each downward trip as -3 and using a property of integers, at which level does the lift end?