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Help me to solve this. Thanks
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Raymond Ng
6 years ago
Anitha Natarajan
Thanks Mr.Raymond.
6 years ago
Xavier Sng
Sam had a 100 m head start on Ricky but Ricky could negate that in 2 min, meaning Ricky was 50m/min faster than Sam. Since Sam walked at 140m/min, Ricky was walking at 190m/min.
Tina had a 400m head start on Ricky but Ricky negated that distance in 4 min, hence Ricky was 100m/min faster than Tina. Since Ricky has been determined to walk at 190m/min, Tina must be walking at 90 m/min.
Similarly, Tina had a 300m head start on Sam, but Sam was 140-90=50m/min faster. Hence Sam could negate that 300m head start Tina had on him in 300/50 = 6 min
6 minutes after 0930 was 0936.
6 years ago
Anitha Natarajan
Thanks Xavier Sng
6 years ago
Xavier Sng
Thank you Anitha.
6 years ago
Adrian Ng
Asked 9 years ago
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