In a potato race, 20 potatoes are placed in a line at intervals of 4 meters with the first potato 24 meters from the starting point. A contestant is required to bring the potatoes back to the starting place one at a time. How far would he run in bringing back all the potatoes?

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    alok kumar singh | Contributor-Level 10

    4 months ago

    This is a Short Answer Type Questions as classified in NCERT Exemplar

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    Asperthegiveninformationwehavethefollowingdiagram Startingpoint=S Distancetravelledtobringthefirstpotato=24+24=48m Distancetravelledtobringthesecondpotato=2(24+4)=56m Distancetravelledtobringthethirdpotato=2(24+4+4)=64m T h e r f o r e , t h e s e r i e s w i l l b e = 4 8 , 5 6 , 6 4 , w h i c h a n ? ? A . P i n w h i c h a = 4 8 , d = 5 6 4 8 = 8 Wehavetofindthetotaldistancetobringallthepotatoesback,so,n=20 S n = n 2 [ 2 a + ( n 1 ) d ] S 2 0 = 2 0 2 [ 2 × 4 8 + ( 2 0 1 ) 8 ] = 1 0 [ 9 6 + 1 5 2 ] = 1 0 × 2 4 8 = 2 4 8 0 m Hence,therequireddistance=2480m

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