A thief runs with a uniform speed of 100 m/minute. After one minute a policeman runs after the thief to catch him. He goes with a speed of 100 m/minute in the first minute and increases his speed by 10 m/minute every succeeding minute. After how many minutes the policeman will catch the thief.

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Because the police man started running One min late than the Theif therefore The Equation should be
Since Police Catches theif after t minutes and theif started running one minute early than police we add 1
Distance Travelled By theif = Disatance Travelled by Police
We add 1 to t Hence (t+1)

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A thief runs with a uniform speed of 100 m/minute. After one minute a policeman runs after the thief to catch him. He goes with a speed of 100 m/minute in the first minute and increases his speed by 10 m/minute every succeeding minute. After how many minutes the policeman will catch the thief.

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A thief runs with a uniform speed of 100 m/minute. After one minute a policeman runs after the thief to catch him. He goes with a speed of 100 m/minute in the first minute and increases his speed by 10 m/minute every succeeding minute. After how many minutes the policeman will catch the thief.

Because the police man started running One min late than the Theif therefore The Equation should be Since Police Catches theif after t minutes and theif started running one minute early than police we add 1 Distance Travelled By theif = Disatance Travelled by Police We add 1 to t Hence (t+1)

Because the police man started running One min late than the Theif therefore The Equation should be
Since Police Catches theif after t minutes and theif started running one minute early than police we add 1
Distance Travelled By theif = Disatance Travelled by Police
We add 1 to t Hence (t+1)