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CAT/1995

Question . 134

In a race of 200 metres run, A beats S by 20 metres and N by 40 metres. If S and N are running a race of 100 metres with exactly same speed as before then, by how many metres will S beat N ?

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Method of solving this CAT Quantitative Ability Question from TIme, Speed, Distance and Work question

(a) In a 200 m race, A beats S by 20 m and A beats N by 40 m

Then, when S runs 180m, N runs 160 m only

Hence, when S runs 100 m, N runs

160/180 × 100 = 88.88 m

∴ S beats N by 100 – 88.88 = 11.11 m