Question 84856
The monk goes up to the middle step. Then he goes up 8 more steps and down 12 steps, which places him 4 steps below the middle step. From this step, he goes UP 27 steps to the top. This means that there are 27-4=23 steps from the middle step to the top. There must be a total of 2*23 = 46 steps. 

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