CSATLogical ReasoningArithmetic Geometric Progression and Averages2016
In a race, a competitor has to collect 6 apples which are kept in a straight line on a track and a bucket is placed at the beginning of the track which is a starting point. The condition is that the competitor can pick only one apple at a time, run back with it and drop it in the bucket. If he has to drop all the apples in the bucket, how much total distance he has to run if the bucket is 5 meters from the first apple and all other apples are placed 3 meters apart ?
A
40 m
B
50 m
C
75 m
D
150 m
Correct Answer: Option D
Explanation
Let's solve this in a simple way. The question is a story, but at its heart, it's a math problem about adding up distances. This is a pattern UPSC likes, as we saw in a 2014 question about arranging children in rows, which was also secretly an Arithm