Question

P and q starts running on the circular track in opposite direction. They start from point a and meet for the first second and third time atb,c and a respectively. What is the ratio of speeds of p and q

Answer 1

Answer:

When p and q meet together

Answer 2

Answer:

They start at A and, the third time they meet, they are also at A.

Since this is the 3rd time they meet, the slower runner has made 1 complete circuit and the faster runner has made 3 complete circuits in the same time.

So the faster runner has covered 3 times the distance covered by the slower runner in the same time. So the faster runner's speed is three times that of the slower runner.

Since we are not told which one is the faster, the ratio of speeds could be 1:3 or 3:1