Puzzle | Man fell in well (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 22 Aug, 2025

A man fell into a **50m deep well. He climbs **4 meters up and slips **3 meters down in one day. How many days would it take for him to come out of the well?

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**Solution:

• On the first day, the man climbs **4 meters up and slips **3 meters down; therefore, he only climbs **1 meter up total.
• On the second day, again he climbs **1 meter up, so the total distance climbed is **2 meters till the second day. Therefore, the man climbs 1 meter every day.

Now, as per the above pattern, on the **46th day, he must have climbed 46 meters. So on the **47th day, he climbs full (46 + 4) 50 meters, and after that, he will not slip as he is already out of the well, so the answer is **47 days.