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A man goes to the fair in Funcity with his son and faithful dog. Unfortunately man misses his son which he realises 20 minutes later. The son comes back towards his home at the speed of 20 m/min and man follows him at 40 m/min. The dog runs to the son (child) and comes back to the man (father) to show him the direction of his son. It keeps moving to and fro at 60 m/min between son and father, till the man meets the son. what is the distance travelled by the dog in the direction of the son?
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- 800 m
- 1675 m
- 848 m
- 1000 m
Correct Option: D
In 20 minutes the difference between man and his son = 20 x 20 = 400 m
Distance travelled by dog when he goes towards son = (400/40) x 60 = 600 m and time required is 10 minutes
In 10 minutes the remaining difference between man and son = 400 - (20 x 10) = 200 m
Note: Relative speed of dog with child is 40 km/h and the same with man is 100 km/h.
Time taken by dog to meet the man = 200/100 = 2 min
In 2 minute the remaining distance between child and man = 200 - ( 2 x 20) = 160 m
Now, the time taken by dog to meet the child again = 160/40 = 4 min
In 4 minutes he covers 4 x 60 = 240 m distance while going towards the son.
In 4 minute the remaining distance between man and child = 160 - (4 x 20) = 80 m
Time required by dog to meet man once again = 80/100 = 0.8 min
In 0.8 min remaining distance between man and child = 80 - (0.8 x 20) = 64 min
Now, time taken by dog to meet the child again = (64/40) x (8/5) min
∴ Distance travelled by dog = (8/5) x 60 = 96 m
Thus, we can observe that every next time dog just go 2/5th of previous distance to meet the child in the direction of child.
So, we can calculate the total distance covered by dog in the direction of child with the help of GP formula.
Here, first term (a) = 600 and common ratio (r) = 2/5
Sum of the infinite GP = a/(1 - r)
= 600/(1 - 2/5) = (600 x 5)/3 = 1000 m
