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There are 25 trees at equal distance of 5 m in a line with a water tank, the distance of the water tank from the nearest tree being 10 m. A gardener waters all the trees separately, starting from the water tank and returning back to the water tank after watering each tree to get water for the next. Find the total distance covered by the gardener in order to water all the trees.
Arithmetic Progression | CBSE | Class 10 | Maths | RS Aggarwal
There are 25 trees at equal distance of 5 m in a line with a water tank, the distance of the water tank from the nearest tree being 10 m. A gardener waters all the trees separately, starting from the water tank and returning back to the water tank after watering each tree to get water for the next. Find the total distance covered by the gardener in order to water all the trees.

Solution:

There are a total of 25 trees in this area.
In a straight line, the distance between them is 5 metres.
A water tank can be found 10 metres from the first tree.
These plants are watered separately by a gardener.
Total distance travelled and returned is given by:

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