Q. Two cars A and B start from 2 points P and Q respectively towards each other simultaneously. After travelling some distance at point R , car A develops engine trouble. It continues to travel 2/3rd of its usual speed to meet car B at a point S where PR= QS. If the engine trouble had occurred after car A had travelled double the distance it would have met car B at a point T where ST= SQ/ 9. Find the ratio of speeds of A and B ?
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Speed / Distance
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This feels more like an algebra I homework problem than a GMAT problem: it's just tedious busy work, which is not the GMAT style! Be careful of this source if you're using it for GMAT questions.
You seem to be posting a lot of questions that are not at all GMAT-like questions. What is the source of these questions? If you're studying from a non-GMAT-like source, you won't have nearly as good an understanding of the GMAT as if you studied from high-quality sources.Joy Shaha wrote:Q. Two cars A and B start from 2 points P and Q respectively towards each other simultaneously. After travelling some distance at point R , car A develops engine trouble. It continues to travel 2/3rd of its usual speed to meet car B at a point S where PR= QS. If the engine trouble had occurred after car A had travelled double the distance it would have met car B at a point T where ST= SQ/ 9. Find the ratio of speeds of A and B ?
If these are questions that you're writing yourself, I'd ask you to please stop posting them. They can only serve to confuse other students.
Ceilidh Erickson
EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
