A turtle is at the bottom of a 12 foot well. Each day it crawls up 3 feet, but each night it slips back 2
feet. After how many days will the turtle reach the top of the well?
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it gains 1 foot each day, so after 9 days it has made it 9 feet.
On the 10th day it makes it the last 3 feet.
Answer = 10 days
To determine how many days it will take for the turtle to reach the top of the well, we need to calculate the net progress the turtle makes each day.
The turtle crawls up 3 feet during the day but slips back 2 feet at night. This means that the turtle's net progress each day is 3 feet - 2 feet = 1 foot.
We know that the turtle is at the bottom of a 12-foot well and needs to climb all the way to the top, which is 12 feet in total.
To calculate the number of days required, we can divide the total distance to cover (12 feet) by the net progress made each day (1 foot).
12 feet / 1 foot = 12 days.
Therefore, it will take the turtle 12 days to reach the top of the well.