Indian Institute of Foreign Trade 2009 Solved Paper

Question : 112 of 122

Marks: +1, -0

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:

150 m
200 m
175 m
225 m

Validate

Solution:

Sukriti covers a distance of 1 km in 5 minutes and 50 seconds therefore will cover 5 kms in 25 mins 250 secs = 29.16 mins
Saloni covers the 1 km in 6 minutes and 4 seconds therefore her speed is

1/6.06

kms per minute
Therefore Distance Covered by Saloni in 29.16 mins is 29.16 mins*

1/6.06≈4.8

kms
Therefore the distance with which Sukriti will win a 5 km mini marathon is ≈ 200 meters
therefore our answer is option 'B'

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