Furled leader step downs

I suppose I should be able to figure this out but some how it evades me.

Re: “step down tapers”

How many step downs would a leader have that uses a formula…10-8-6 ? …seems to me it would be 3 but judging from what I’ve seen elsewhere it’s referred to as 2 ?
And I see 3 step down referred to when there are 2 pegs on the right and 1 on the left [besides the end pegs …that seems like 4 to me ???

If it starts at 10…then drops to 8…that’d be 1…then drops to 6…that’d be 2…seems to me as a total step down of 2… could be wrong…but…I’ve been as such before…

Duckster;
It works so don’t mess with it, 10/8/6!!!