Question

In climbing a round pole of 80 metres height, a monkey climbs 5 metres in a minute and slips 2 metres in the alternate minute. To get to the top of the pole, the monkey would take

  1. 51 minutes
  2. 54 minutes
  3. 58 minutes
  4. 61 minutes

Answer:

Option B: 54 minutes

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “54 minutes”.

The correct answer is: (2) 54 minutes