100cm to go in 600 secs = 10mins
2 positive, 1 negative .... net 1 positive per step
Answer:
600 seconds.
Explanation:
A caterpillar climbs up a one meter (100 cm) wall.
For every 2 cm caterpillar climbs up and slides down 1 cm.
That means caterpillar climbs up = 2 - 1 = 1 cm
Caterpillar reaches to the top in 10 minutes. We have to calculate the time in seconds.
Since 1 minute = 60 seconds
Therefore, 10 minutes = 10×60 = 600 seconds
Time involved for the caterpillar to climb to the top will be 600 seconds.
