A monkey has to climb a pole of height 60m. It can climb 6 m in 1st min and comes down 3m in 2nd min. In how much time; Monkey will climb on the pole?

A monkey has to climb a pole of height 60m. It can climb 6 m in 1st min and comes down 3m in 2nd min. In how much time; Monkey will climb on the pole? Correct Answer 37 min

Given:

A monkey climbs a pole height of 60m

It can climb 6m in 1st min and comes down 3 m in 2nd min

Calculation:

For 1st min, he climbs 6m and comes down 3m in 2nd min

Effectively he climbs 3m in 2min

In climbs in 36mins = (3/2)× 36 = 54m

In 37th min he climb 6m.

∴ in 37th min he reaches at the top of the pole

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