Question

bruce has a pet worm that fell into a well. the well is 26 feet deep. each day, the worm climbs up 8 feet, but each night, it slides back down 2 feet. how many days will it take for bruce’s worm to get to the top of the well

Answer 1

The worm climbs 8 feet during the day and slides back down 2 feet at night, so it makes a net progress of 8 - 2 = 6 feet each day. Therefore, to climb a total of 26 feet, the worm will need to make 26 / 6 = 4.33... days of progress.

However, since the worm cannot complete a fraction of a day, we need to round up to the next whole day. So, it will take the worm 5 days to climb out of the well.