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Time, Speed & Distance - Part 4 (Races & Circular Track)

This document contains 10 questions related to time, speed, and distance problems involving races on straight tracks and circular tracks. The questions involve calculating start distances, determining winners, and calculating times to meet based on different speeds on circular tracks of varying circumferences.

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Time, Speed & Distance - Part 4 (Races & Circular Track)

This document contains 10 questions related to time, speed, and distance problems involving races on straight tracks and circular tracks. The questions involve calculating start distances, determining winners, and calculating times to meet based on different speeds on circular tracks of varying circumferences.

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ASSIGNMENT: Time, Speed & Distance (Races & Circular track)

Question: A can give a 100 metre startup to B and C a 200 metre startup in a race of 1 km.
How many metres startup can B gives to C in a 1 km race?

Question: In a 1 km race, A gives B a start of 100 m and in a 1 Km race, B gives a start of 80


m to C. In a 1 km race, who will win and by how much distance from both the other losers?

Question: In a 1500 m race, A wins over B by 350 m and in 1500 m race, C wins over B by
250 m. By how much distance A give startup to C, so that A beats C by 100 m?

Question: In a 100 M race, if A gives B a start of 20 meters, then A wins the race by 5
seconds. Alternatively, if A gives B a start of 40 meters, the race ends in a dead heat. How
long does A take to run 200 M?
A. 10 seconds B. 20 seconds C. 30 seconds D. 40
seconds

Question: In a 200m race, if A gives B a start of 25 metres, then A wins the race by 10
seconds. Alternatively, if A gives B a start of 45 metres the race ends in a dead heat. How
long does A take to run 200m?
A. 100 seconds B. 112.5 seconds C.77.5 seconds D. 87.5 seconds

Question: Sukriti and Saloni are athletes. Sukriti covers a distance of 1 km in 5 minutes and
50 seconds, while Saloni covers the same distance in 6 minutes and 4 seconds. If both of
them start together and run at uniform speed, by what distance will Sukriti win a 5 km mini
marathon:
A. 150m B. 200 m C. 175 m D. 225

Question: Mandeep and Jagdeep had gone to visit Ranpur, which is a seaside town and also
known to the presence of the historical ruins of an ancient kingdom. They stayed in a hotel
which is exactly 250 meters away from the railway station. At the hotel, Mandeep and
Jagdeep learnt from a tourist information booklet that the distance between the sea-beach
and the gate of the historical ruins is exactly 1 km. Next morning they visited the sea beach
to witness sunrise and afterwards decided to have a race from the beach to the gate of the
ruins. Jagdeep defeated Mandeep in the race by 60 meters or 12 seconds. The following
morning they had another round of race from the railway station to the hotel, How long did
Jagdeep take to cover the distance on the second day?
A. 53 seconds B. 47 seconds C. 51 seconds
D. 45 seconds

Question: There is a circular track with a length of 120 meters and 2 people, A & B, are
running around it at 12 m/min and 20 m/min respectively in the same direction.
1. When will A and B meet at the starting point for the first time?
2. When will A & B meet for the first time?
3. At how many points will A and B meet?

Question: A & B are running on a circular track of length 600m (i.e circumference of the
track). Speed of A is 30 m/s & that of B is 20m/s. They start from the same point at the
same time in the opposite direction. When will they meet again for the first time?

Question: A, B & C run on the circular path at the speed of 20m/s, 30m/s and 50m/s
respectively in the same direction. The circumference of the track is 600m.
(i) When will they be together again for the first time?
(ii) When will they be together again for the first time at the starting point?

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