A turtle is at the bottom of a 13 foot well. Each day it crawls up 5 feet, but each night it slips back 3 feet. After how many days will the turtle reach the top of the well?

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It will take it 5 days to reach the top.

two feet every 2 days until we get within five

2*4 = 8 in 8 days
now the ninth day we go up to 8+5 = 13 so we are free after 9 days

whoops sorry, forgot that he works at night.

2 * 4 = 8
then out the next day, 5 days

To determine how many days it will take for the turtle to reach the top of the well, we need to analyze the distance it covers each day.

Each day, the turtle crawls up 5 feet. However, during the night, it slips back 3 feet. This means that the turtle makes a net progress of only 2 feet each day (5 feet up minus 3 feet back).

To calculate the number of days it takes for the turtle to reach the top of the well, we can divide the total distance to climb (13 feet) by the net progress made each day (2 feet).

13 feet / 2 feet = 6.5 days

Since we cannot have a fraction of a day, we round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, it will take the turtle approximately 7 days to reach the top of the well.