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Aptitude & Reasoning UPPSC 2006 GS-I
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

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Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: 54 minutes

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “54 minutes”.
The correct answer is: (2) 54 minutes

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