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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 (see the given figure ).

A competitor starts from the bucker, 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 in the bucket . What is the total distance the competitor has to run?

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