Challenge 4

Question

A monkey starts climbing up a pole. Each time it jumps 20 cm and then slips by 20%of the previous jump.

Write a code to input the height of the pole and calculate how much time a monkey will take to reach to reach the top of the pole, if it takes 1 second to jump up and 0.5 second to slide down.

Answer 1

finished...

https://code.sololearn.com/WJ3ptln71cCp/?ref=app

Answer 2

Check: 50 cm pole = 20 cm (1s) - 4 cm (0.5s) + 20 cm (1s) - 4 cm (0.5s) + 18 cm (0.9s) = 3.9s.

Delete Line 7 if you want 4s as answer for 50 cm.

https://code.sololearn.com/Wp8I2vMkggl1/?ref=app

Answer 3

I'm on it

Answer 4

I had a similar question in Maths!

Answer 5

Thanks @Amrit, waiting for your next brain teasing question.

Answer 6

post a link @S Vengat

Answer 7

lol = t => t < 20 ? 1 : Math.ceil((t-20)/16)*1.5 + 1
lol(42) // 4

Answer 8

Just released the next one..
xD

Answer 9

this is my solution of python
https://code.sololearn.com/cVu65WFPADK5