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A frog is at the bottom of a 78 meter well. Each day he leaps 4 meters up the well. At night, while he is asleep, he slips 2 meters backwards.

How many days does it take him to escape from the well?

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78 divided by 4 = 19.5 so 19 and a half days to climb up the well. 
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