A monkey climbs a 52 – m smooth pole. It climbs 6 m up in one
minute and slips
2 m down in every alternate minute. How long will it take to
reach the top of the pole?

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A monkey climbs a 52 – m smooth pole. It climbs 6 m up in one minute and slips 2 m down in eve..

Answer / sandeep.r

24 minutes and 40 seconds.

A monkey will climb a distance of 4m in every 2 minutes
(lets call it 1 cycle of climbing 6m and slipping 2m)

so it will take a total of 12 such cycles for it reach 48m
i.e. 24 minutes.

now it has to cover another 4 meters to reach the top.

So

it covers 6m in 1 minute i.e 6m in 60 sec.

so it covers 1 m in 60/6 sec i.e 10 sec.
so it covers 4 m in 10*4=40 sec.

So in total it takes 24 minutes and 40 seconds.

Is This Answer Correct ?    31 Yes 9 No

A monkey climbs a 52 – m smooth pole. It climbs 6 m up in one minute and slips 2 m down in eve..

Answer / bhavya

IN 1st min it climbs-6m, and in 2nd min it slips-2ms
i.e = 1 min- 6m =6m
2 min- (6m-2m)=4m
.'. in every 2min it can climb= 10m (6m+4m)
3 min- 6m (10m+6m) =16m
4 min- 4m (16m+4m) =20m
5 min- 6m (20m+6m) =26m
6 min- 4m (26m+4m) =30m
7 min- 6m (30m+6m) =36m
8 min- 4m (36m+4m) =40m
9 min- 6m (40m+6m) =46m
10 min- 6m (46m+6m) =52m


and in last min there is no chance to slip
So the ans is = 10min

Is This Answer Correct ?    13 Yes 18 No

A monkey climbs a 52 – m smooth pole. It climbs 6 m up in one minute and slips 2 m down in eve..

Answer / vinit.p.c

Reading the question carefully...
Monkey climbs 6m/min...it slips by 2m evey alternate min
which means it climbs 6m and slips by 2m...
So,
1st min->6m
2nd min->((6+6)-2)=10
So,for 5*(2 min) i.e for 10 min it would have climbed 50
m...(Considering it slips by 2 m in 10th min)
Here, in the 10 min if it climbs 6 m and doesnot slip, the
answer is 10 min. If it slips, then for 2 m i.e 50m to 52
m, it would be (2/6)*60=20 seconds.
So, answer would be 10 min,20 seconds.

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 8 No

A monkey climbs a 52 – m smooth pole. It climbs 6 m up in one minute and slips 2 m down in eve..

Answer / deepesh

IN 1st min it climbs-6m, and in 2nd min it slips-2ms
bcoz it slip in alternate minute 2 m not i min so it clim in
one min 6 min and again 2min it climb 6min then total 12 m
and 2m slip then overall it climb in 2 min =12m-2m =10m
i.e = 1 min- 6m =6m
2 min- (6m-2m)=4m
.'. in every 2min it can climb= 10m (6m+4m)
3 min- 6m (10m+6m) =16m
4 min- 4m (16m+4m) =20m
5 min- 6m (20m+6m) =26m
6 min- 4m (26m+4m) =30m
7 min- 6m (30m+6m) =36m
8 min- 4m (36m+4m) =40m
9 min- 6m (40m+6m) =46m
10 min- 6m (46m+6m) =52m


and in last min there is no chance to slip
So the ans is = 10min

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 6 No

A monkey climbs a 52 – m smooth pole. It climbs 6 m up in one minute and slips 2 m down in eve..

Answer / sreejith

10minute...

2min for 10mtr...9min for 46metr so in 10min mnkey reach at
52mtr..he slip down only aftr reaching at the top....

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 5 No

A monkey climbs a 52 – m smooth pole. It climbs 6 m up in one minute and slips 2 m down in eve..

Answer / frankkapoor

sorry to say but all are dumb let me go by actuall methode
in first min it climbs 6 and second min it slips 2
so in 1 min - 6
in 2 min - (6-2) = 4
in 3 min - (4+6) = 10
in 4 min - (10-2) = 8
and this process will go on and the actual answer is
25 min

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 7 No

A monkey climbs a 52 – m smooth pole. It climbs 6 m up in one minute and slips 2 m down in eve..

Answer / amit

it take 2 minutes to reach 4 mite
so 2/4 *52=26 minute
so to climb he will take 52 meters he will take =26 minute

Is This Answer Correct ?    4 Yes 9 No

A monkey climbs a 52 – m smooth pole. It climbs 6 m up in one minute and slips 2 m down in eve..

Answer / john

in two minute he goes 6-2=4
in 30 min he reaches 60 as 4 times 15 is equal to 60
so 56=28
52=26

ans is 26

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 8 No

A monkey climbs a 52 – m smooth pole. It climbs 6 m up in one minute and slips 2 m down in eve..

Answer / stephen

10 minutes

Is This Answer Correct ?    6 Yes 12 No

A monkey climbs a 52 – m smooth pole. It climbs 6 m up in one minute and slips 2 m down in eve..

Answer / chitra

13minutes

Is This Answer Correct ?    6 Yes 12 No

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