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Q: Ali and Faizer are 27m apart. They both start walking and meet 9 hrs later, if they travel in the same direction and meet after 3 hrs if they walk in opposite dirction, Ali’s speed must most likely be ?

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    9 m/h
  • 2
    3 m/h
  • 3
    6 m/h
  • 4
    12 m/h
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Answer : 3. "6 m/h"
Explanation :

Answer: C) 6 m/h Explanation: let, speed of Ali=X mph and Faizer=Y mph Now, relative speed when Ali is walking int the same direction with Faizer= (X-Y)mphhence, according to question, 27/(X-Y)=9 ; solving X-Y=3; --- (1) Now relative speed when walking in the opposite direction= (X+Y) mphhence, according to question, 27/(X+y)=3; solving X+Y=9; --- (2) solving 1 and 2 we get X=6 and Y=3, where X is the speed of Ali.

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