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In a 100m, A beats B by 15m and B beats C by 10m. If A beats C by 5 sec then the speed of C.

A. 5m/sec
B. Speed of C can not be found with given data.
C. 4.7m/sec
D. 4m/sec
E. 4.5m/sec
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In a 100m, A beats B by 15m and B beats C by 10m. If A beats C by 5 se [#permalink] New post   06 Jun 2016, 20:53
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In a 100m, A beats B by 15m and B beats C by 10m. If A beats C by 5 sec then the speed of C.

A. 5m/sec
B. Speed of C can not be found with given data.
C. 4.7m/sec
D. 4m/sec
E. 4.5m/sec



Hi,

Its more of a Indian CAT Q than a GMAT Q....

Anyways the solution is.....

When A finishes the race , B is at 85m....
and when B travels 100m, C is at 100-10 = 90m.....
so C loses 10m on B's 100m................
or C will lose 1 m for every 10m of B.....
so C will lose 8.5 m when B travels 85m.....

From above we get correlation of all three..
A is at 100, B is at 85 and C is at 85-8.5 = 76.5.....
So C is 100-76.5 = 23.5 m behind A...
and C also loses by 5 secs, this means C covers this 23.5m in 5 secs..
speed of C =\(\frac{23.5}{5} = 4.7\) mps

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Re: In a 100m, A beats B by 15m and B beats C by 10m. If A beats C by 5 se [#permalink] New post   16 Oct 2017, 11:46
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In a 100m, A beats B by 15m and B beats C by 10m. If A beats C by 5 sec then the speed of C.

A. 5m/sec
B. Speed of C can not be found with given data.
C. 4.7m/sec
D. 4m/sec
E. 4.5m/sec


Responding to a pm:

In the same time, A covers 100m and B covers 85 m.
SpeedA : SpeedB = 100:85 = 20:17

In the same time, B covers 100m and C covers 90m.
SpeedB : SpeedC = 100:90 = 10:9

SpeedA : SpeedB : SpeedC = 200:170:153
A covers 200m in the time that C covers 153 m so in a 100 m race, when A finishes, C would have covered 76.5 m. Since A beats C by 5 secs, C covers the leftover 23.5 m in 5 secs.
Speed of C = 23.5/5 = 4.7 m/s

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Re: In a 100m, A beats B by 15m and B beats C by 10m. If A beats C by 5 se [#permalink] New post   01 Mar 2021, 16:02
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We have 2 different time periods that are being talked about.

(1st) A finishes the race and beats B by 85 m

They both run for the same travel time, so distance covered over that time is directly proportional to speed

Dist of A : Dist of B = 100 : 85

(2nd) then B finished the race and beats C by 10 m

Dist of B : Dist of C = 100 : 90

When B covers 100 —————-> C can cover 90

When B covers 1 ————-> C can cover 90/100 = 9/10

When B covers 85 ———> C can cover (9/10) * 85 = 76.5


Thus, during the 1st time period when A finished the race

A ran 100 m
B ran 85 m
C ran 76.5 m


We are told that A beat C by 5 seconds (measured by the speed of C)

In terms of Distance, A beat C by 100 - 76.5 = 23.5 m


Speed of C = Dist / Time = (23.5) / (5) = 4.7 meters per second

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Re: In a 100m, A beats B by 15m and B beats C by 10m. If A beats C by 5 se [#permalink] New post   06 Jun 2016, 22:53
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In a 100m, A beats B by 15m and B beats C by 10m. If A beats C by 5 sec then the speed of C.

A. 5m/sec
B. Speed of C can not be found with given data.
C. 4.7m/sec
D. 4m/sec
E. 4.5m/sec



Here are a couple of posts on races:
https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/2014/08 ... re-higher/
https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/2014/09 ... -on-races/
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