Question

it takes 4500 medals to reach Legend rank. Suppose openstudy user P gains 10 medals in 3 days and loses 2 medals on the 4th day...how long will it take for him to reach Legend rank?

Answer 1

is it 2250 days @ParthKohli ?

Answer 2

That'd be like 8 medals in 4 days

Answer 3

But we exclude the last day, think why :D

Answer 4

oh oops

Answer 5

whY?

Answer 6

isnt it 2 medal per day?

Answer 7

2249
I'll give an easy example.

Answer 8

oh wait ive heard of this one

Answer 9

We have a monkey who has to jump 3 steps up.
he jumps 2 but then jumps 1 back.

Answer 10

He'll take 2 jumps, not 3.

Answer 11

so formula...?

Answer 12

Because he'll reach on the first step in 1 chance. And then the second chance he reached straight to the third step.

Answer 13

I think it's just my brain calculating lol

Answer 14

Algebra is beautiful, but we don't need algebra everywhere.

Answer 15

nice way of explaining -_- you just gave an answer :p

Answer 16

Sorry, lgba. I think it's the last time I gave one.
Thanks for pointing it out :)

Answer 17

i think it's 1125 @ParthKohli

Answer 18

is it??

Answer 19

I see.. but how?

Answer 20

well i divided by 2...because my original answer was the second time he'll get to 4500

Answer 21

?

Answer 22

idk lol

Answer 23

@TuringTest ?

Answer 24

@RottingVegetables ?

Answer 25

@mr.awesome ?

Answer 26

oh nevermind this >.<