Question 1038019: 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.
a. How many nights will it take the snail to reach the top of the drainpipe?
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?
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If the snail starts at night, in four full 24 hour periods, the snail will go up 28 meters, 7 per 24-hour period.
On the fifth night, the snail will reach the top.
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It starts at night and in 24 hours descends 9 meters.
In four full 24 hour periods, the snail will reach the bottom.
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