Sunday, January 29, 2012

सार्थक-निष्ठा के साथ साइकिल की सवारी... (Cycling with Saarthak and Nishtha...)

विशेष नोट : पिछले कुछ दिनों से मैं अपनी ही पुरानी पहेलियों को नए कलेवर में आपके पास लेकर आ रहा हूं, और मेरी कोशिश रहती है कि वे आपको नई पहेली जैसी ही चुनौती दें... सो, आप सभी से अनुरोध है कि मुझे ज़रूर बताएं कि मैं कामयाब रहा या नहीं...

नोट : अगर आप जवाब ढूंढ लेते हैं तो ठीक, वरना कमेंट लिख दीजिएगा, मैं जवाब आपको मेल के जरिये भेज दूंगा...

हमेशा की तरह इस बार भी सर्दियों की छुट्टियों में मेरे बच्चे सार्थक और निष्ठा दिल्ली आए थे, सो, ठंड में वर्जिश के उद्देश्य से मैं और दोनों बच्चे अपनी-अपनी साइकिलें लेकर सैर करने चल दिए, और पहुंच गए हमारे घर के पड़ोस में मौजूद एक लम्बे-चौड़े पार्क तक...

सार्थक और मैं अक्सर साइकिल पर इसी पार्क के चक्कर लगाया करते थे, सो, उस दिन भी हम तीनों ने यही किया, लेकिन चूंकि दूरी ज़्यादा थी, सो, हमने रुक-रुककर साइकिल चलाई...
  • पहली बार हम तब रुके, जब हमने कुल दूरी की एक-तिहाई दूरी से 180 मीटर अधिक तय कर लिए...
  • दूसरी बार हम तब रुके, जब हमने बची हुई दूरी की एक-चौथाई दूरी तय कर ली...
  • तीसरी बार हम तब रुके, जब हमने बची हुई दूरी का एक-तिहाई हिस्सा तय कर लिया...
  • चौथी बार हम तब रुके, जब हमने बची हुई दूरी का पांचवां हिस्सा तय कर लिया...
  • पांचवीं बार हम तब रुके, जब हमने बची हुई दूरी के एक-चौथाई से 162 मीटर कम तय किए थे...
  • छठी बार हम तब रुके, जब हमने बची हुई दूरी का 30 फीसदी (प्रतिशत) हिस्सा तय कर लिया...
  • इसके बाद निष्ठा के पैर में अचानक दर्द उठा, सो, जल्दी रुकना पड़ा, और सातवां पड़ाव तब बना, जब हमने बची हुई दूरी का छठा हिस्सा तय कर लिया...
  • आठवां पड़ाव तब बना, जब हमने बची हुई दूरी का तीन-सातवां (3/7) भाग पार कर लिया...
  • नवां पड़ाव तब बना, जब हम बची हुई दूरी के आधे से 100 मीटर कम तय कर पाए थे...
  • दसवीं बार हम तब रुके, जब हमने बची हुई दूरी का तीन-चौथाई हिस्सा तय कर लिया...
  • इसके बाद कुल 150 मीटर की दूरी बची रह गई थी, सो, वह हम तीनों ने बेहद आसानी से पार कर ली...
अब क्या आप लोग मुझे बता सकते हैं, हमने कुल कितनी दूर साइकिल चलाई...?

Now, the same riddle in English...

Special Note: Since last few days, I am creating the riddles from my old riddles only, and I always try that they pose a good challenge, as a new riddles does... So, I request you all to please let me know if I have been successful in that...

Note: If you succeed in solving this one, well and good; but in case, you don't, just leave a comment, and I will mail the answer to you...

Like always, during the winter vacations, my kids Saarthak and Nishtha came to Delhi, so, one fine day, to keep ourselves warm, we took our bicycles, and went to a nearby park, to exercise cycling...

As I and Saarthak used to come here to cycle often, so, we decided to do the same this time too, but as the park was very huge, we decided to take breaks, so that Nishtha did not have to cycle in a long single stretch...
  • We halted for the first time, when we had covered 180 meters more than the one-third of the total distance...
  • We took a break for the second time, when we had covered one-fourth of the remaining distance...
  • The third break came, when we had covered one-third of the remaining distance...
  • We halted for the fourth time, when we had covered one-fifth of the remaining distance...
  • We took the fifth break, when we had covered 162 meters less than one-fourth of the remaining distance...
  • The sixth break came, when we had covered 30 per cent of the remaining distance...
  • Suddenly Nishtha complained of a sprain the her ankle, and we had to take the seventh break, when we had only covered one-sixth of the remaining distance...
  • We took the eighth break, when we had covered three-seventh of the remaining distance...
  • Ninth break came, when we had covered 100 meters less than half of the remaining distance...
  • We halted for the tenth time, when we had covered three-fourth of the remaining distance...
  • After this, only 150 meters were left, so those were not at all a problem...
Now, can you guys tell me, how far did we cycle in total...?

19 comments:

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    1. Atul ji, first of all, I am extremely sorry for the typo...

      And secondly, I would like to congratulate you to be the first one to not only answer it correct, but to answer it correct even after the mistake in the riddle...

      I would also like to copy-paste your comment, while apologising for the '48 hours'...

      "Well, you made mistake at English version of riddle at 10th brake... We halted for the tenth time, when we had covered one-third of the remaining distance... It is not 1/3, it is 3/4... I hope now you understand how I screwed up my 48 hours for this..."

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  2. thanks sir,

    and I know list of typing mistake in this blog are more for me than you, so don't be sorry.

    waiting for next.

    :-)

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    1. तुम्हारा जवाब बिल्कुल सही है, कुलदीप... बधाई... :-)

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  4. 113093.4978 meter.
    mujhe vishvaas nahi ho raha lekin yahi aa raha hai maine calculate sahi kiya hai sir ab aap hi bataiye

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    1. Is jawaab par to main hi vishwaas nahin kar pa raha hoon... Maine aur mere chhote-chhote bachchon ne 113 kilometer se bhi zyaada cycling kar li... Nahin, Rajat, yeh jawaab galat hai... Ek baar phir koshish karo, dost... Best of luck... :-)

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    1. Sohit, tumhaara andaaza kaafi kareeb hai, lekin isko jawaab ke taur par kabool nahin kar sakta, kyonki ganit ki paheli mein andaaze jawaab nahin hote... Mujhe hairaani hai ki itna kareeb pahunchkar tum hathiyaar kaise daal sakte ho... Ek baar phir koshish karo, kaamyaabi zaroor milegi... :-)

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    1. Sohit, bahut-bahut badhaai ho... Is baar tumhaara jawaab bilkul theek hai... :-)

      Ab tumhaara comment copy-paste - "Hathiyar to nhi daale gurudev bs thoda alasya aa rha tha kyuki kai bar calculation kiye kiye dimag kharab ho gaya tha phr mjhe lga shayad 5 ya 6 meter he jyada aur hoga aur shayad ap daya krke is galti ko maaf krke pure marks de denge lekin abhi to kafi duri kam thi so shi hone ka to chanse he nhi tha. Darasl gurudev kafi alag tarekhe se maine ise sove kiya tha so dashamlav ki vjah se lga rha tha ki kaam chal jaye. Waise ***** meter ki duri apne tai ki. Waise itna to ap gurudev bina cycle ke he race lga lete hai phr cycle me itna kam, kyuki ek paheli thi jisme apne saarthak ke sath shayad ***** km. Daude the. Hahahaha..."

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    1. Rajat, tumhaara jawaab sahi nahin hai... Ek baar phir koshish karo, dost... Best of luck... :-)

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    1. Priya, tumhaara jawaab galat hai... Ek baar phir koshish karo... Best of luck... :-)

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