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Home » In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is 5 m from the first potato, and the other potatoes are placed 3m apart in a straight line. There are 10 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 he continues in the same way until all the potatoes are in the bucket. What is the total distance the competitor has to run?
In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is 5 m from the first potato, and the other potatoes are placed 3m apart in a straight line. There are 10 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 he continues in the same way until all the potatoes are in the bucket. What is the total distance the competitor has to run?
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In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is 5 m from the first potato, and the other potatoes are placed 3m apart in a straight line. There are 10 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 he continues in the same way until all the potatoes are in the bucket. What is the total distance the competitor has to run?

Solution:

Bucket is 5 metres from the first potato in a potato race, and the distance between the two potatoes is 3 metres.
There are ten potatoes in total.

Pick one potato at a time and place it in the bucket.

Total distance to be covered in metres for the first, second, third, and so on potato.

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