A Tortoise and a Hare go for a race. The tortoise gets a head start of 100 m…
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A Tortoise and a Hare go for a race. The tortoise gets a head start of 100 m but Hare is 10 times faster. What is the distance traveled by Hare to catch up Tortoise?
Answer: B. 111.1 — Given that when Tortoise covers 1m, Hare covers 10 meters. That is, for every second the distance between the Hare and Tortoise gets reduced by 9 meters. To…
- A.
999.3
- B.
111.1
- C.
500.2
- D.
100
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Correct answer: B
Given that when Tortoise covers 1m, Hare covers 10 meters.
That is, for every second the distance between the Hare and Tortoise gets reduced by 9 meters.
To cover 100 meters it takes 100 / 9 = 11.11 seconds for Hare.
So the distance covered by Hare = 11.11 × 10 = 111.1
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