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In order to reach the top of a pole, a monkey in his first attempt reaches to a height of 5 feet and in the subsequent jumps, he slips down by 2% of the height attained in the previous jump. The process repeats and finally the monkey reaches the top of the pole. Write a program to input height of the pole. Calculate and display the number of attempts the monkey makes to reach the top of the pole.

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import java.util.Scanner;

public class KboatMonkeyPole
{
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.print("Enter height of the pole: ");
        double poleHt = in.nextDouble();
        double jumpHt = 5.0;
        int numAttempts = 1;
        while (jumpHt < poleHt) {
            jumpHt += 5.0;
            jumpHt -= 2 * jumpHt / 100.0;
            numAttempts++;
        }
        System.out.println("Number of Attempts = " + numAttempts);
    }
}

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BlueJ output of In order to reach the top of a pole, a monkey in his first attempt reaches to a height of 5 feet and in the subsequent jumps, he slips down by 2% of the height attained in the previous jump. The process repeats and finally the monkey reaches the top of the pole. Write a program to input height of the pole. Calculate and display the number of attempts the monkey makes to reach the top of the pole.

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