document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1038019>Question 1038019</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A snail is climbing up a 36 meter high drainpipe.  Each night the snail climbs 8 meters.  Every day when it rains the snail slips down the drainpipe 1 meter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. How many nights will it take the snail to reach the top of the drainpipe?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. The snail descends the drainpipe at the same rate as the ascent (descends 8 meters at night and slides down 1 meter during the day).  It begins its descent at night.  How many nights and days will it take the snail to reach the bottom of the drainpipe? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #652700 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=652700\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the snail starts at night, in four full 24 hour periods, the snail will go up 28 meters, 7 per 24-hour period.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "On the fifth night, the snail will reach the top.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It starts at night and in 24 hours descends 9 meters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In four full 24 hour periods, the snail will reach the bottom. </SPAN>\n" );
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