Question

A drunkard is walking along a straight road. He takes 5 steps forward and 3 steps backward and so on. Each step is 1 m long and takes 1 s. There is a pit on the road 11 m away from the starting point. The drunkard will fall into the pit after

• A. 21 s
• B. 29 s
• C. 31 s
• D. 37 s

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

29 s

Answer 2

Displacement in first eight steps = (5 - 3) m = 2 m
Time taken for first eight steps = 8 s
Time taken by the drunkard to cover first 6 m of journey
$= \frac{8}{6} \times 6 = 24 \, s$
If the drunkard takes 5 steps more, he will fall into the pit. So the time taken by the drunkard to cover last five steps = 5 s.
Total time taken = 24 s + 5 s = 29 s
So, the correct option is (B) : 29s.