Question

A water tank has steps inside it . a monkey is sitting on the topmost step . the water level is at 9th step. 1. he jumps 3 steps down and 2 steps up. in how many jumps will he reach the water level ?

Answer 1

The answer is 13 steps.

Step1: 3 steps down
Step2: 2 steps up
i.e 1 step down
Step3: 3 steps down
i.e 4 step down
Step4: 2 steps up
i.e 2 step down
Step5: 3 steps down
i.e 5 step down
Step6: 2 steps up
i.e 3 step down
Step7: 3 steps down
i.e 6 step down
Step8: 2 steps up
i.e 4 step down
Step9: 3 steps down
i.e 7 step down
Step10: 2 steps up
i.e 5 step down
Step11: 3 steps down
i.e 8 step down
Step12: 2 steps up
i.e 6 step down
Step13: 3 steps down
i.e 9 step down

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