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A mountain goat attempts to scale a cliff sixty feet high. Every minute, the goat bounds upward three feet but slips back two. How long does it take for the goat to reach the top.

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for a minute it climbs three feet upwards and two feet downwards. so, it climbs 1 feet upward for a minute hence it takes 57 minutes to climb 57 feet and in 58th minute it climbs remaining 3 feet.. so ans = 58 minutes..
11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(10) No(1)

180mins 3mins up n then slips back 2 steps
11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(6)
based on given information up to 57 feet in 57 minute. 58 minute it complete reached
5 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)

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