Question

A thief, after committing a theft runs at a uniform speed of 50m/min.After 2 minutes,a policeman runs to to catch him he goes 60 m in first minute and increases its speed by 5m per minute every succeeding minute after how many minutes the policeman will catch the thief

Answer 1

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Thief has a lead of 50*2 = 100m

distance covered by cop in 1st min = 60-50 = 10

distance covered by cop in 2nd min = 65-50 = 15

distance covered by cop in 3rd min = 70 -50 = 20

10, 15, 20 ... is an AP whose sum is 100

a= 10 , d = 5

Sum = 100

100 = n/2(2a + (n-1)d) = n/2(20 +(n-1)5 )

100= n/2(20 + 5n -5)

200 = n(15 + 5n)

divide by 5

40 = n(n + 3)

n^2 + 8n - 5n - 40 =0

n(n+8) - 5(n+8)= 0

>> n = 5 as it cant be negative

Therefore cop catches after 5 min + 2min (when cop was at rest) = 7min

Answer 2

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