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A man starts climbing a 11 m high wall at 5 pm. In each minute he climbs up 1 m but slips down 50 cm. At what time will he climb the wall?

a) 5:30 pm
b) 5:21 pm
c) 5:25 pm
d) 5:27 pm

Answer: b
Explanation: Man climbs 1m and slips down 50 cm (0.5m) in one minute
i.e. he climbs (1 – 0.5 = 0.5 m) in one minute.
But in the last minute he will be climbing 1m as he gets on the top so no slip.
Time taken to climb 11 meter = $$ {\frac{{10}}{{0.5}} + 1} $$  = 21 minutes.
He climbs the wall at 5:21 pm

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