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Hello everyone!!! I am an absolute beginner and a newbie to this amazing community. Please bear with me if i make some stupid mistake while writing this.

So I am finding it really difficult to tackle the Distance, Speed and Time topic. I mean i know the formula but there are so many sub concepts in this topic that i am really getting overwhelmed by everything. The advanced concepts like trains, boats and streams, escalators, races, circular and linear tracks seem too much to cover and I don't know how to go through them.

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Hello everyone!!! I am an absolute beginner and a newbie to this amazing community. Please bear with me if i make some stupid mistake while writing this.

So I am finding it really difficult to tackle the Distance, Speed and Time topic. I mean i know the formula but there are so many sub concepts in this topic that i am really getting overwhelmed by everything. The advanced concepts like trains, boats and streams, escalators, races, circular and linear tracks seem too much to cover and I don't know how to go through them.

How are you guys preparing for this? Any suggestions that you would like to share? Please help me!!!
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Hello everyone!!! I am an absolute beginner and a newbie to this amazing community. Please bear with me if i make some stupid mistake while writing this.

So I am finding it really difficult to tackle the Distance, Speed and Time topic. I mean i know the formula but there are so many sub concepts in this topic that i am really getting overwhelmed by everything. The advanced concepts like trains, boats and streams, escalators, races, circular and linear tracks seem too much to cover and I don't know how to go through them.

How are you guys preparing for this? Any suggestions that you would like to share? Please help me!!!
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