a monkey could climb 6metres of a round pole in one minute but slipped 3 meters in the next minute

11 mint....till 15 meter it will take (5*2)=10 minute....but then it will climb 6 meter and wl reach the top....so the ans is (10+1)=11 minute...
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2nd min 3m , 4th min 6m , 6th min 9m , 8th min 12m, 10th min 15 m , 11th min 21m
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answer is 14mins.
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i think 14 minutes
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can u xplain plz
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YUP 11 MIN IS THE ANSWER
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@swarup: then answer should be 12.5
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exact climb in one minute.-6-3=3 meter/minute

so...in 5 mint....5*3=15 meter
next 6meter in 1 minute...........so.5 mint+1 mint=6 minute
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it does not reach top since it slips
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as he climb 6 metres in one minute but slipped 3 meters in the next minute, it means he climp 3 meters in every 2 minutes;
3 meters in 2 min;
so, 1 meter in 2/3 = 0.66666 min
therefore, 21 meters in 21*0.66666 = 14 min
so, ans is 14 minutes
OR
if he climbs 3 meters in 2 minutes;
we can simple calculate by multiply 7 in both
means 3*7=21 meters and 2*7 = 14 minutes
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[ (total height-climb height)/(climb height-slip height) ]*(time to climb and slip minutes)+1
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a monkey could climb 6metres of a round pole in one minute but slipped 3 meters in the next minute. the length of the pole is 21metres. what is the time taken by the monkey to reach the top of the pole?