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There are 25 trees at equal distances of 5 meters in a line with a well, the distance of well from the nearest tree being 10 meters. A gardener waters all the trees separately starting from the well and he returns to the well after watering each tree to get water for the next. Find the total distance the gardener will cover in order to water all the trees.



Answer -

Given:┬аtotaltrees are 25 and equal distance between two adjacent trees are 5 meters

We need to find thetotal distance the gardener will cover.

As gardener is comingback to well after watering every tree:

Distance covered bygardener to water 1st┬аtree and return back to the initialposition is 10m + 10m = 20m

Now, distance betweenadjacent trees is 5m.

Distance covered byhim to water 2nd┬аtree and return back to the initial positionis 15m + 15m = 30m

Distance covered bythe gardener to water 3rd┬аtree return back to the initialposition is 20m + 20m = 40m

Hence distance coveredby the gardener to water the trees are in A.P

A.P. is 20, 30, 40тАжтАжтАжupto 25 terms

Here, first term, a =20, common difference, d = 30 тАУ 20 = 10, n = 25

We need to find S25┬аwhichwill be the total distance covered by gardener to water 25 trees.

So by using theformula,

Sn┬а=n/2 [2a + (n тАУ 1)d]

S25┬а=25/2 [2(20) + (25-1)10]

= 25/2 [40 + (24)10]

= 25/2 [40 + 240]

= 25/2 [280]

= 25 [140]

= 3500

тИ┤ The total distancecovered by gardener to water trees all 25 trees is 3500m.

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