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A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20 feet tall. Each hour it claims 3 feet and slips back 2 feet. How much time would it take the monkey to reach the top?

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Easy method is.. in each hour it goes up 3 feet and slips back two feet. so it climbs only one feet in one hour ( 3 feet - 2 feet = 1 feet) .. so in 17 hrs it climbs .. 17 feet ... finally in the next hour it climbs 3 feet.. reaching the top.. so total 17 + 1 = 18 hrs.. are you satisfied with the ans...
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18 hours
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Each hour it goes up 3 feet and slips back two feet.
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18mins
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19 hours.
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35 hr aise ques option se jaldi banate hai
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20 hr
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18hrs...in 17th hr monkey will be on 17th feet..in next 1hr it reaches 20th feet..so in a8hrs it reaches 20th feet, regardless it slips 2feet in its 18th hour..question is jut to reach 20th feet and not to stay on that 20th feet.
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18 hrs....it will take 17 hrs to climb 17 feet den in 18th hour it will climb last 3 feet so it will take 18 hrs in total
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