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A drunkard is walking along a straight road. He takes five steps forward and three 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

29s

B

21s

C

37s

D

31s

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B
As observer observes that particle moves north-wards.
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