- A600 m
- B1000 m
- C400 m
- D240 m
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Ashok must gain 400 m. He gains 2 m for every 5 m he runs, so he runs 1000 m: he laps Bhim right at the finish line. Bhim has run m.
Answer: A) 600 m
A 1 km race is run on a 400 m track. Ashok and Bhim start together with speeds in the ratio 5 : 3. How far has Bhim run when Ashok first overtakes him?
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