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A dog is climbing down into a well to drink water. In each jump, it goes down 4 steps. The water level is in 20th step. How many jumps does the dog take to reach the water level?

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A dog is climbing down into a well to drink water. In each jump, it goes down 4 steps. The water level is in 20th step. How many jumps does the dog take to reach the water level?

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Solution

The water in the well is at 20th step

For each jump, the dog goes low 4 steps. 

∴ Number of jumps the dog to reach the water = `20/4`

= 5 jumps

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