If you have a grid with a 2 step staircase on it, what is the formula for finding the stair total?

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This also goes for a four step staircase and a five step staircase. I already know the 3 step stair formula: 6n + 44 if that helps.

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I have tried for about 20 minutes to try to get a mental picture of what is being asked here, and I still don't get it. Do you have a

I did find a LOT of websites with "cheat term papers" that you can buy on the topic, which I don't recommend of course.

I found one decent discussion of it here:

https://nrich.maths.org/discus/messages/67613/70249.html?1153867073

Maybe you'll find that helpful...

Is it supposed to be the number of ways you can go from the bottom left of a grid to the top right? If so, what is "n"?