UPSC Prelims 2016 · CSAT (Paper 2) · Q78
Basic Numeracy
Medium · Distance puzzle
20 apples are placed in a straight line, 4 metres apart from each other, with a bucket placed 4 metres from the first apple, in line with the rest. A person runs from the bucket, picks up one apple at a time, brings it back to the bucket, and repeats for all 20 apples, never carrying more than one apple at a time. What is the total distance run?