exam Maths Puzzle

The XYZ river flows at 12 km/hr. A boy who can row at
25
18
m/s in still water had to cross it in the least possible time. The distance covered by the boy is how many times the width of the river XYZ?

A.

2.1

B.

2.3

C.

2.6

D.

2.9

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root 12^2 + 5^2 = 13
13/5 = 2.6
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Two motorists Anil and Sunil are practicing with two different sports car; Ferrari and Maclarun, on the circular racing track, for the car racing tournament to be held next month. Both Anil and Sunil start from the same point on the circular track. Anil completes one round of the track in 1 min and Sunil takes 2 min to complete a round. While Anil maintains speed for all the rounds, Sunil halves his speed after the completion of each round. How many times Anil and Sunil will meet between 6th round and 9th round of Sunil (6th and 9th round is excluded)? Assume that the speed of Sunil remains steady throughout each round and changes only after the completion of that round.

A.

382

B.

347

C.

260

D.

None of these In a 3600 m race around a circular track of length 400m, the faster runner and the slowest runner meet at the end of the fourth minute, for the first time after the start of the race. All the runners maintain uniform speed throughout the race. If the faster runner runs at thrice the speed of the slowest runner. Find the time taken by the faster runner to finish the race.

A.

36 minute

B.

24 minute

C.

16 minute

D.

12 minute