In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is
5 m from the first potato and the other potatoes are placed 3 m apart in a straight line. There are ten potatoes in the line (as shown in figure)

A competitor starts from the bucket, picks up the nearest potato, runs back with it, drops it in the bucket, runs back to pick up the next potato, runs to the bucket to drop it in, and she continues in the same way until all the potatoes are dropped in the bucket.
(i) What is distance run to pick up the 1st potato?
(a) 8 m
(b) 10 m
(c) 12 m
(d) 9 m
(ii) What is the distance run to pick up the 2nd potato?
(a) 12 m
(b) 15 m
(c) 16 m
(d) 14 m
(iii) What is the distance run to pick up the 3rd potato?
(a) 22 m
(b) 18 m
(c) 21 m
(d) 15 m
(iv) What is the distance run to pick up the 4th potato?
(a) 26 m
(b) 30 m
(c) 25 m
(d) 28 m
(v) What is the total distance run by the competitor?
(a) 370 m
(b) 350 m
(c) 355 m
(d) 375 m
(i) 10 m
(ii) 16 m
(iii) 22 m
(iv) 28 m
(v) 370 m
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