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3 January, 00:13

A caterpillar climbs up a one-meter wall. For every 2 cm it climbs up, it slides down 1 cm. It takes 10 minutes for the caterpillar to climb to the top. Calculate the speed at which the caterpillar travels in cm/s.

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  1. 3 January, 00:35
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    If the caterpillar goes up 2cm then slips down 1cm, it only got 1 cm

    The poor caterpillar had to crawl 3m to get up 1m.

    average speed = distance travelled / time taken

    average speed = 3m / 10 minutes

    average speed = 0.33 m / minutes

    or

    average speed = (9 x 2 cm) / (10 minutes)

    average speed = (198 cm) / (600 sec)

    average speed = 0.33 cm/sec
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