Answer:
The police will catch the thief in 5 minutes.
Explanation:
Distance between thief and police after 2 minutes = 100 m
Implies, thief covers total 100 + 50t m
The police runs with the following patterns 60,65,70...
This is an Arithmetic Progression with a = 60, d = 5 & number of terms = t
t/2 (2 × 60+ (t − 1) ×5)= 50t + 100
t× (120 + 5t −5)= 100t + 200
(−3+13)÷2= 5
So, the police will catch the thief in 5 minutes.