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Suppose you enter an elevator at a certain floor. Then the elevator
moves up 5 floors, down 3 floors, and up 2 floors. If you are then at
the 8th floor, on what floor did you first enter the elevator?

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Ans: 4th floor

Let we enter at floor number x, then x + 5 - 3 + 2 = 8
=> x=4
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