Acaterpillar 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 time involved in seconds (not minutes).

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.

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