Quant Question Of The Day: 67
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Arithmetic
Virat is between his home and the Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium . To get to the stadium he can walk directly to the stadium or else he can walk home and then ride a bicycle to the stadium . He rides seven times as fast as he walks and both choices require same amount of time . What is the ratio of Virat’s distance from his home to his distance to the stadium ?
Let x and 1 be the distances between his current position and his home and the stadium, respectively. Let s be his speed of walking. So
x/s+1/(7s) = (1-x)/s,
x = 3/7.
Therefore the desired ratio is x/(1-x) = 3/4.
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