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  • Question
  • A and B start from the same point and travel in the same direction round a circular track 3 km in circumference. If their speed be 200 and 150 metres a minute, when will they first together again at the starting point?


  • Options
  • A. 40 min
  • B. 55 min
  • C. 1 hour
  • D. 45 min

  • Correct Answer
  • 1 hour 

    Explanation

    Time taken by A in one round = 3000 / 200 = 15 min.
    Time taken by B in one round = 3000 / 150 = 20 min
    L.C.M. of 15 min and 20 min = 60 min = 1 hr.
    Hence, they will meet first together at the starting point after 1 hour.

    2nd Method to solve this
    Let us assume after T minutes both A and B will meet first time together at starting points.
    According to question,
    Distance covered by A in T minutes = 200 x T = 200T
    Distance covered by B in T minutes = 150 x T = 150T
    200T - 150T = 3000 As we know (3 KM = 3000 meters)
    ? 50T = 3000
    ? 5T = 300
    ? T = 300/5 = 60 Minutes.
    As we know ( 60 minutes = 1 hours)
    ? T = 1 Hours


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    • 1. 
      Three men Ram, Karan and Mohan run around an oval garden from a fixed post at the rates of 5, 5 1? 7, 5 1? 3 per hour. They come back to the fixed post in 3 3? 4 hours. Find the greatest length, the race course can have.

    • Options
    • A. 28 / 5 km
    • B. 5 / 28 km
    • C. 11 / 28 km
    • D. 28 / 11 km
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      In a race of 800 meter, A can beat B by 40 meter. In a race of 500 meter, B can beat C by 5 meter. In a race of 200 meter, A will beat C by

    • Options
    • A. 12.7 m
    • B. 11.9 m
    • C. 1.27 m
    • D. 1.19 m
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      Shantanu started cycling along the boundaries of a square field ABCD from corner point A. After 1/2 h, he reached the corner point C, diagonally opposite to point A. If his speed was 16 km/h. Find the area of the field?

    • Options
    • A. 8 sq km
    • B. 9 sq km
    • C. 19 sq km
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      In a 20 m race, A runs at a speed of 2 m/s. If A gives B a start of 10 m and still beats him by 5 s, what will be the speed of B?

    • Options
    • A. 117/21 m/s
    • B. 317/21 m/s
    • C. 21 m/s
    • D. 2 m/s
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      A runs 1 2/ 3 times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 40 m, how far must the winning post be, so that A and B might reach it at the same time?

    • Options
    • A. 75 m
    • B. 200 m
    • C. 100 m
    • D. 125 m
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      A can beat B by 5 meters in 100 m and B can beat C by 15 meters in 200 m race. A can beat C in 400 m race by:

    • Options
    • A. 50.5 m
    • B. 48.5 m
    • C. 45.5 m
    • D. 42.5 m
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      At a game of billiards A can give B 6 points in 50 and he can give C 13 points in 65, how many points can B give C in a game of 55?

    • Options
    • A. 7
    • B. 8
    • C. 5
    • D. 10
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      In a race of 200 metres, B can give a start of 10 metres to A and C can give a start of 20 metres to B. The start that C can give to A, in the same race, is

    • Options
    • A. 30 m
    • B. 29 m
    • C. 27 m
    • D. 25 m
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      A can run 500m in 30 seconds and B in 35 seconds. How many meter start can A give to B in a Km race so that the race may end in a dead-heat?

    • Options
    • A. 1395?7
    • B. 1385?7
    • C. 1426?7
    • D. 1405?7
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    • 10. 
      A's speed is 1 3? 8 times of B's. In a race A gives B a start of 300 m. How long should the race course be so that both reach the winning post simultaneously?

    • Options
    • A. 700 m
    • B. 900 m
    • C. 800 m
    • D. 850 m
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