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by divya23 » Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:53 pm
A circular jogging track forms the edge of a circular lake that has a dia of 2 miles.She walked once around the track at avg speed of 3miles/hr.If t = no of hours it took her to walk comeletely around lake then
1..5<t<.75
2.1.75<t<2.0
3.2.0<t<2.5
4.2.5<t<3.0
5.3<t<3.5

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by cans » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:19 pm
dia=2
thus circumference = dia*pi = 2*pi

avg speed = 3
time = d/s = 2*pi/3 = 2*22/(3*7) = 44/21 = 2.009 or nearly 2.1
Thus IMO C