You have fallen down a slippery well 10 feet deep. every hour you are able to climb 2 feet out of the well, but then slip down 1

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lana [24]

3 years ago

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You have fallen down a slippery well 10 feet deep. every hour you are able to climb 2 feet out of the well, but then slip down 1

foot. how many hours total will it take for you to climb out of the well? *

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mylen [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-27T10:17:54+03:00

mylen [45]3 years ago

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If every over you climb 2 feet out, but then slip down 1, that means you technically only go up the well 1 ft/per hour. Then, if its 10 ft deep, then it would take you 10 hours.