A problem inspired by the book Peak
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Peak wants to climb K2. Since he has to be acclimatized, Peak must climb up 500 ft and climb down 300 feet every other day. If K2 is 28,251 ft tall. How many days will it take for Peak to summit K2? Round to the nearest day.
The answer is 283.
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1 solution
Since Peak scales 200 ft of the mountain every two days, divide 28251 by 200, and multiply the result by 2.