Question

Every jump a game piece makes measures 8 9 . The piece starts at point A = 7 and jumps to the right. As soon as the piece jumps over B = 24, it switches direction and jumps to the left. The piece then stops at point A. How many jumps did the game piece take?

Answer 1

The number of jumps that the game piece took, was 40.

Explanation:

Every jump a game piece makes measures
`(8)/(9) = 0.889`.

Now, the piece starts at point A = 7 and jumps to the right.

So, the number of jumps required by the piece to jump over B = 24 will be

`(24 - 7)/(0.889) = 19.122` jumps ≈ 20 jumps {As the piece crosses the point B}

Now, as soon as the piece jumps over B = 24, it switches direction and jumps to the left. And the piece then stops at point A.

Therefore, the number of jumps that the game piece took, was (20 × 2) = 40. (Answer)