Raisa is in her office. From her office, she took the elevator down eight floors to the parking garage. Which number represents the distance AND direction from her office to the parking garage?

Question

–2
2
-8
8

Answer 1

To determine the distance and direction from Raisa's office to the parking garage, we need to consider that she went down eight floors.

If we represent her office floor as 0, then moving down eight floors means she is at -8 (since going down is typically represented by a negative value).

Therefore, the number that represents both the distance and direction from her office to the parking garage is -8.