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A thief noticed a policeman at a distance of 500 m away from him. The thief starts running at a speed of 60 km/h and the policeman chased him running
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A thief noticed a policeman at a distance of 500 m away from him. The thief starts running at a speed of 60 km/h and the policeman chased him running at a speed of 70 km/h. Find the time taken by the policeman to catch the thief (in minutes).

A.

15

B.

10

C.

3

D.

6

Correct option is C

Relative speed = (60 - 50)km/hr = 10 km/hr

Time =Time=DistanceRelativeSpeed=50010×518Time = \frac{Distance}{Relative Speed}\\ = \frac{500}{10\times\frac{5}{18}}

Time = 180 sec = 3min

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