SOLUTION: On May 12 a snail fell to the bottom of a 20 foot deep well. Each day it crawled 3 feet up the side of the well and each night it slid back 2 feet. On what date did the snail rea
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Question 184145: On May 12 a snail fell to the bottom of a 20 foot deep well. Each day it crawled 3 feet up the side of the well and each night it slid back 2 feet. On what date did the snail reach the top of the well? Found 2 solutions by solver91311, ptaylor:Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If the snail goes up 3 and down 2 each day, then it is making 1 foot progress each day. On the morning of the 18th day, it will be 3 feet from the top because it will have made 1 foot progress each of the preceeding 17 days. On the 18th day it will get to the top and not slide down any that night. 18 days.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! May 29th----------It only has 3 ft to go. So when it crawls up the final three feet, I believe that bad boy is out of there----no more slidig back!!!
Hope this helps---ptaylor
