Question

A monkey climb 5m in the 1st minute and 3m in the 2nd minute but falls down 4m in the 3rd minute and this process is repeated again and again. If the height of the pole is 100m then find.
a. In how many minutes the monkey will reach at the top.
b. How many minutes it moved upward.
c. How many minutes it moved downward. ​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

in 3 min. monkey goes 4m. 100m÷4m=25 but in 24 ×3min monkey reaches 96m. so after 1min monkey reach the top. so ans is 73min.. it moves 8m in 2min so 24step is 24×2min for upwards +1min for last step so ans is 49min.... downward move is 1min×24=24min...