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A worm is at the bottom of a 40m hole. It can crawl upwards at a rate of 4m in a day, but at night, it slips back 3m. At this rate, how many days will it take the worm to crawl out of the hole?

Name: a worm is at the bottom of a 40m hole it can crawl upwards at a rate of 4m in a day but at night it slips back 3m at this rate how many days will it take the worm to crawl out of the hole 53038
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Description: a worm is at the bottom of a 40m hole it can crawl upwards at a rate of 4m in a day but at night it slips back 3m at this rate how many days will it take the worm to crawl out of the hole 53038

          A worm is at the bottom of a 40m hole. It can crawl upwards at a rate of 4m in a day, but at night, it slips back 3m. At this rate, how many days will it take the worm to crawl out of the hole?

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Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

Alan S. Tussy, R. David Gustafson 5th Edition

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06/25/2022

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The worm is at the bottom of a 40-meter hole. Each day, it crawls up 4 meters but slips back 3 meters at night. We need to determine how many days it will take for the worm to crawl out of the hole. Show more…

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A worm is at the bottom of a 40m hole. It can crawl upwards at a rate of 4m in a day, but at night, it slips back 3m. At this rate, how many days will it take the worm to crawl out of the hole?