A monkey starts climbing up a 43 m tall tree. In the first minute, he climbs 5 m, whereas, in the next minute, he slips by 3 m. In how many minutes he will be on the top of the tree?

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AMIT KUMAR · Answer

39 min,

relative speed = 2meter/2 min
at 38 min----- monkey is at 38 meter, on next jump of +5 ,he will be on top... 38+1=39 min

A monkey starts climbing up a 43 m tall tree. In the first minute, he climbs 5 m, whereas, in the next minute, he slips by 3 m. In how many minutes he will be on the top of the tree?

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