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In a 1000 m race Usha beats Shiny by 50 m. In the same race, by what time margin Shiny beats Mercy
who runs at 4 m/s

a) 100 sec.
b) 50 sec
c) 25 sec
d) Data not sufficient
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Two persons C & D started traveling from A and B which are 300 km apart, towards B and A
respectively at 1.00 p.m. C travels at a constant speed of 30 kmph whereas D doubles his speed every
hour. If D reaches A in 4 5/8 hours, at what time did C and D meet each other?

a) 4:30 p.m.
b) 4:40 p.m.
c) 5:00 p.m.
d) 5:10 p.m.
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Two trains T1 and T2 start simultaneously from two stations X and Y respectively towards each
other. If they are 70 km apart both 3 and 6 hours after start, then find the distance between the two
stations.

a) 210 km
b)240 km
c)220km
d)180km
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In a class of 150, students can enroll for Judo or Taekwondo or both or none.The number of students enrolling for Taekwondo only is twice the number of students enrolling for Judo. The number of students opting for both is ten more than the number of students who opt out of both. The number of students opting at least 1 course is nine times the number of students opting for none. find -

1) the number of students who enrolled for Taekwondo
A. 110
B. 115
C. 90
D. 125
E. NONE

2) the number of students who enrolled for Judo only
A. 20
B. 25
C. 15
D. 40
E. 45
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Two persons C & D started traveling from A and B which are 300 km apart, towards B and A
respectively at 1.00 p.m. C travels at a constant speed of 30 kmph whereas D doubles his speed every
hour. If D reaches A in 4 5/8 hours, at what time did C and D meet each other?

a) 4:30 p.m.
b) 4:40 p.m.
c) 5:00 p.m.
d) 5:10 p.m.

To calculate the speed of D we use this formula: (it travels 1h at v, 1h at 2v and so on till it reach 300 km)
$$v+2v+4v+8v+5/8*16v=300$$ , $$25v=300$$ , $$v=12$$
D started at 12kmph. C travels at 30 kmph. They meet after 4 hours.
Distance of C=30*4=120km
Distence of D=12+24+48+96=180km. 120+180=300km.
They meet at 1pm + 4 h = 5pm. C
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Two trains T1 and T2 start simultaneously from two stations X and Y respectively towards each
other. If they are 70 km apart both 3 and 6 hours after start, then find the distance between the two
stations.

a) 210 km
b)240 km
c)220km
d)180km

Variables -
a the speed of train T1
b the speed of train T2
d the distance between A and B

a + b = (d - 70) /3 - trains are traveling towards each other
a + b = (d + 70) /6 - trains are traveling away from each other

(d-70)/3 = (d + 70)/6 ==> d = 210

What is the source of these problems? This problem took me long time... more than 15 mins.. Not good...

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In a 1000 m race Usha beats Shiny by 50 m. In the same race, by what time margin Shiny beats Mercy
who runs at 4 m/s

a) 100 sec.
b) 50 sec
c) 25 sec
d) Data not sufficient

Usha beats Shiny by 50 m means Usha reaches the finish line when Shiny is 50 m away from the finish line i.e. Usha covers 1000m in the time in which Shiny covers 950m.
We can say that the Ratio of their speeds, speed of Usha : speed of Shiny = 1000:950 = 20:19
We don't know their actual speeds.
Usha's speed could be 20 m/s and Shiny's will be 19 m/s.
or
Usha's speed could be 40 m/s and Shiny's will be 38 m/s.
or
Usha's speed could be 10 m/s and Shiny's will be 9.5 m/s.
etc

We know Mercy's speed is 4 m/s so we know Mercy takes 1000/4 = 250 s to complete the 1000m but we don't know Shiny's speed. We don't know how long Shiny takes to complete the 1000 m hence data is not sufficient here.
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Two trains T1 and T2 start simultaneously from two stations X and Y respectively towards each
other. If they are 70 km apart both 3 and 6 hours after start, then find the distance between the two
stations.

a) 210 km
b)240 km
c)220km
d)180km

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What information do you get from this: If they are 70 km apart both 3 and 6 hours after start?
Say, they started at 12:00 noon. This means that distance between them at 3:00 pm was 70 km. Then they met. Then they traveled further and the distance between them at 6:00 pm was again 70 km.

It means that in 3 hrs (from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm), they together covered 140 km (70 km between them, then they met and then they traveled further to create a distance of 70 km between them again so total 140 km)

Now, to have a distance of 70 km between them for the first time i.e. at 3:00 pm, how much must have they traveled since 12:00 noon?
They both traveled for 3 hrs. How much distance do they cover together in 3 hrs? We already know that they together cover 140 km in 3 hrs.

Hence the distance between the stations must be 140 + 70 = 210 km
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AD:DC = 2:3, then angle ABC is equal to?

A. 30
B. 40
C. 45
D. 60
E. 110

Hi,
This may be very easy ... I couldn't solve ,, or may be this is missing some information.

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AD:DC = 2:3, then angle ABC is equal to?
A. 30
B. 40
C. 45
D. 60
E. 110
Hi,
This may be very easy ... I couldn't solve ,, or may be this is missing some information.

Well the easy way to look at it would be with the angle-bisector theorem, which states that if the angle bisector divides the opposite side by a given ratio such as given in the diagram. The ratio:
AD/DC = AB/BC always holds. Now, the reverse can be assumed as true as well.

Now we know that DBC = 20 degree from the traingle property. Now it can also be seen, AB/BC = 10/15 = 2/3 which is equal to AD/DC as per the question. Hence it can be assumed that BD is the angle bisector. Hence the total angle B is 2*20 = 40 degrees. Hence the answer is [B].

Hope it helps!

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