document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1149117>Question 1149117</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 80 coins are placed in a line on the ground. The distance between any two consecutive coins is 10 metres. How far must a person travel to bring them, one by one, to a basket placed 10 metres behind the first coin.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You didn't say where the person started from.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If he starts at the basket:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 1st trip is 20 meters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 2nd trip is 40 meters.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The last trip is 1600 meters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The average trip is (1600 + 20)/2 = 810 meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 80 trips<BR>\n" );
document.write( "80*810 = 64800 meters\r<BR>\n" );
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