1 May 2015

Puzzle on Time, Speed and Distance - Two people enter a race in which you run to a point and back

Question:  Two people enter a race in which you run to a point and back. Person A runs 20 mph to and from the point. Person B runs to the point going 10 mph and 30 mph going back.

Who came in first?


Answer:
Person A came in first.

Solution:
Let's assume that the distance between start and the point is D miles.

Total time taken by Person A to finish
= (D/20) + (D/20)
= D/10
= 0.1D

Total time taken by Person B to finish
= (D/10) + (D/30)
= 2D/15
= 0.1333D

Thus, Person A is the Winner. 

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