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

Answer:

There will be a total 40 jumps.

Step-by-step explanation:

Every jump a game piece makes measures $\frac{8}{9} = 0.889$.

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

So, the piece will jump over B = 24  after $\frac{24 - 7}{0.889} = 19.122$ ≈ 20 complete jumps.

Then it switches direction to the left and the piece then stops at point A.

So, there will be a total (20 + 20) = 40 jumps. (Answer)