a snail is at the bottom of a 10 foot well. everyday, he crawls up 3 feet but at night, he slips down 2 feet. how many days will it take for him to get out the well?
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it takes 10 days as
it crawls 3 foot everyday
and comes down 2 foot
does it travels 1 foot every day
therefore 10 days
Answer:
The answer to the given question is the number of days the snail will take to get out of the well is 9( nine) days.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given :
A snail is at the bottom of a 10-foot well.
Every day the snail crawls 3 feet but at night it slips down 2 feet.
To find :
How many days will it take for him to get out of the well
Solution :
It is given that the snail went up 3 feet and comes down 2 feet.
On the first day, the snail went up to 3 feet and comes down 2 feet which brings him to 1 foot.
Next, it will go 4 feet and comes down to 2 feet.
Then it goes 5 feet and comes down to 3 feet
again it goes from, reaches 6 feet and crawls down to 4 feet.
From 4 it reaches 7 and moves to 5.
Then from 5 it goes to 8 and moves down to 6.
from 6 it goes to, then it comes down to 7.
from 7 it moves to 10 from 10 it comes down to 8.
from 8 after the 3 feet, it will get out of the well.
Therefore, it takes 9 days to get out of the well.
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