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A monkey is trying to scale a tree That is 6O feet tall. Each minute, the monkey... -Goes up three feet -But, slips down two feet How long will it take the monkey to get to the top of the tree?

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Answer:

58 Minute

Explanation:

According to the Question,

  • Given, A monkey is trying to scale a tree That is 6O feet tall. Each minute, the monkey Goes up three feet But, slips down two feet.

Therefore, he climbs (3-2)1 Foot in 1 minute. Now at 57minute, he scales 57feet.

  • Now, at the 58th minute, he climbs 3 feet More

Thus 57 feet + 3 feet = 60feet( Reached the Top of the tree Now he Never Fall again)

  • the monkey will take total 58 minutes to get to the top of the tree.
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