SOLUTION: joe is sitting at the base of mount everest. he climbs 20% of the remaining height each day. how far does he climb in 5 days?
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Question 808815: joe is sitting at the base of mount everest. he climbs 20% of the remaining height each day. how far does he climb in 5 days?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If he climbs 20% of the remaining distance on a given day, then he has 80% of the remaining distance to go at the end of that day. Hence, the distance climbed is the total distance minus the amount he has remaining.
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Where 
is the total height to be climbed and 
is the height climbed.
John
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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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