Question

In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is 5 m from the
first potato and other potatoes are placed ‘p’ m apart in a straight line. There are
3 potatoes in the line.A competitor starts from the bucket, picks up the nearest
potato, runs back with it, drops it in the bucket, runs back to pick up the next
potato, runs to the bucket to drop it in, and she continues in the same way until
all the potatoes are in the bucket.
i) What is the distance between the bucket and the 3rd potato(in m)?
a) 5+p b) 5 +2p c) 5+3p d) 5- 2p
ii) What is the distance between the bucket and the 3rd potato if the potatoes from the
second one onwards are 4 m apart from each other?
a) 13 m b) 8 m c) 1 m d) 5 m
iii) How much distance does the competitor cover ?
a) 30+6p b)30-6p c)15+3p d)15-3p
iv) If there were 6 potatoes in line, then what would be the distance between bucket
and the 6th potato?
a) 5 +5p b) 5- 5p c) 5+6p d)5-6p

Answer 1

Answer:

The distances of potatoes from the bucket are 5, 8, 11, 14... The distance run by the competitor for collecting these potatoes is two times the distance at which the potatoes have been kept. Therefore, the competitor will run a total distance of 370 m.