SOLUTION: In a potato race, 10 potatoes are placed in a straight line 5 meters apart, the first potato being placed 6 meters from the starting point. How many meters does a contestant travel

Question 965723: In a potato race, 10 potatoes are placed in a straight line 5 meters apart, the first potato being placed 6 meters from the starting point. How many meters does a contestant travel in collecting the potatoes one at a time and placing them in a basket located at the starting point ?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In a potato race, 10 potatoes are placed in a straight line 5 meters apart, the
first potato being placed 6 meters from the starting point. How many meters does
a contestant travel in collecting the potatoes one at a time and placing them in
a basket located at the starting point ?

For the first potato he travels 6 meters up and 6 meters back, 
so the first term of the sequence is 12.

For the second potato in addition to the 12 m, he travels 5 m 
more up and 5 m more back, so that's 12+10 or 22 m.  So the 
common difference is 10 m.

We have an arithmetic sequence with , , 








Answer 570 meters

Edwin

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