CAT 1993 — QA Question 42
Relative SpeedEasy
Passage / Data
Directions for next 3 questions:
Q started to move from point B towards point A exactly an hour after P started from A in the opposite direction. Q’s speed was twice that of P. When P had covered one-sixth of the distance between the points A and B, Q had also covered the same distance.
The point where P and Q would meet is
Answer & solution
Closer to A
- B
Exactly between A and B
- C
Closer to B
- D
P and Q will not meet at all
Solution
It is clear that after a particular amount of time P and Q are equidistant from A and B respectively and speed of Q is twice the speed of P, therefore, in the remaining time distance moved by Q will be twice than P.
Hence, they would meet closer to A.
Hence, option (a).