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An insect crawling up awall crawls 5 cm upwards in the first minute but then slides 3 cm downwardsin the next minute. It again crawls up 5 cm upwards in the third minute but again slides 3 cm downwards in the fourth minute. How long will the insect take to reach a crevice in the wall at a height of 24 cm from its starting point ? How does the position-time graph of the insect look like ?

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