SOLUTION: Bruce has a pet worm that fell into a well. The well is 26 feet deep. Each day, the worm climbs up 8 feet, but each night, it slides back down 2 feet. How many days will it take fo

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Question 1091416: Bruce has a pet worm that fell into a well. The well is 26 feet deep. Each day, the worm climbs up 8 feet, but each night, it slides back down 2 feet. How many days will it take for Bruce's worm to get to the top of the well?
Answer by ikleyn(52903)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Instead of using formulas, I prepared this Table below to provide better visual presentation.


	-26	Initial level
		
n	day	night
---------------------
1	-18	-20
2	-12	-14
3	-6	-8
4	 0	      <<<---=== Just at the surface !


Answer. 4 days.

Thanks are due to my MS Excel in my computer.



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