Question

A turtle is at the bottom of a 20-foot well. Each day it crawls up 4 feet, but each night it slips back 3 feet. After how many days will the turtle reach the top of the well?

Answer 1

How far does he get each day?

Answer 2

all the information is in the problem..

Answer 3

Use it to answer my question. It will help find the answer.

Answer 4

so basically each day/night he gets 1 foot up the wall.

Answer 5

Yes. So how long till he gets to the top?

Answer 6

20 days? haha

Answer 7

Good for you.

Answer 8

lol wow that was obvious.

Answer 9

nope, it's not 20 days!

Answer 10

I just noticed that when it said it was wrong...

Answer 11

do you know how i figure it out?

Answer 12

Think of it this way. On day 1 turtle gets up to 4 feet. On day 2 he gets up to 5 feet (because he slipped back 3 ft the night before). On day 3 it's 6 feet.

Answer 13

So, he basically get 3 feet higher than the # of days he's been climbing.

Answer 14

x + 3 = 20
x = ?

Answer 15

17

Answer 16

That's what I got.

Answer 17

it's correct:) thanks