IIM Kozhikode - In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is 5m from the first potato, and the other potatoes are placed 3m apart in a straight line. There are 20 potatoes in the line. Each 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, and continues in the same way until all the potatoes are in the bucket. What is the total distance the competitor has to run? | PYQs + Solutions

IIM Kozhikode

Algebra

Medium

1340m

1470m

1140m

None of these

✅ Correct Option: 1

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