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Two Trains, One from Howrah to Patna and Other from Patna to Howrah Start Simultaneously. After They Meet, the Trains Reach Their Destinations After 9 Hours and 16 Hours Respectively.

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Two trains, one from Howrah to Patna and other from Patna to Howrah start simultaneously. After they meet, the trains reach their destinations after 9 hours and 16 hours respectively. The ratio of their speed is.

Options

  • 2 : 03

  • 4 : 03

  • 6 : 07

  • 9 : 06

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Solution

4: 03

Explanation:

When train reach after they met in t1 and t2 hr

`("Speed of train I")/("Speed of train II")=sqrt("t"_1/"t"_2)=sqrt(16/9)=4:3`

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