speed and distance

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speed and distance

by ROHIT11111 » Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:28 am
Two cars painted yellow and red are racing against each other on a track of length 4000 meters.
The race ends in a tie as both cars finish the race in exactly the same time. However at first
when the race starts the yellow car moves 50% faster than the red car. The red car then
quickened its pace and for the remaining distance moved 50% faster than the yellow car. When
the red car quickened its pace what distance had it already covered?
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by akash singhal » Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:47 pm
ROHIT11111 wrote:Two cars painted yellow and red are racing against each other on a track of length 4000 meters.
The race ends in a tie as both cars finish the race in exactly the same time. However at first
when the race starts the yellow car moves 50% faster than the red car. The red car then
quickened its pace and for the remaining distance moved 50% faster than the yellow car. When
the red car quickened its pace what distance had it already covered?
Well Rohit first of all you should always provide options along with the question many a times answers are obtained through options.

Is the answer 1600m??
If I am right I will explain the reasoning!!

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by ROHIT11111 » Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:00 am
yes go ahead