Question

A squirrel jumps along the number line. Each of its jumps is 5 units long. The squirrel sometimes jumps to the right and sometimes to the left. It starts at point 6. Can it land at this point? (The point is 101)

Answer 1

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Answer:

  yes

Step-by-step explanation:

For some integer n, the squirrel lands on numbers that are ...

  5n +6

We want to see if n is an integer when ...

  5n +6 = 101

  5n = 95

  n = 19 . . . . yes, an integral number of jumps will get the squirrel to 101