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Races and Games of Skill

1) This document provides important facts and formulae about races and games of skill. It defines key terms like race, race course, starting point, and winning point. 2) It explains concepts like dead heat races, start advantages, and calculating distances based on time or speed differentials. Several word problems with solutions are provided as examples. 3) These examples demonstrate how to calculate distances, speeds, times and points based on the given ratios of two competitors' performances in a race or game.

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Races and Games of Skill

1) This document provides important facts and formulae about races and games of skill. It defines key terms like race, race course, starting point, and winning point. 2) It explains concepts like dead heat races, start advantages, and calculating distances based on time or speed differentials. Several word problems with solutions are provided as examples. 3) These examples demonstrate how to calculate distances, speeds, times and points based on the given ratios of two competitors' performances in a race or game.

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Races and Games of Skill
Important Facts and Formulae:

Races:
A contest of speed in running ,riding,driving,sailing or
rowing is called a Race

Race Course:
The ground or path on which contests are made is called
a race course

Starting Point:
The point from which a race begins is called starting point.

Winning point or goal:


The point set to bound a race is called a winning point.

Dead Heat Race:


If all the persons contesting a race reach the goal exactly
at the same time,then the race is called a dead heat race.

Start:
Suppose A and B are two contestants in a race .If before the
start of the race,A is at the satrtint point and B is ahead
of A by 12 metres. Then we say that "A gives B a start 12 metres.

->To cover a race of 100metres in this case,A will have to cover


100m while B will have to cover 88m=(100-12)

->In a100m race 'A can give B 12m' or 'A can give B a start of
12m' or 'A beats B by 12m'means that while A runs 100m B runs 88m.

Games:
A game of 100m,means that the person among the contestants who
scores 100 points first is the winner.

If A scores 100 points while B scores only 80 points then we say


that 'A can give B 20 points'.
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Problems:

1) In a 1 km race,A beats B by 28 m or 7sec.Find A's time over the


course?
Sol: B covers 28 m in 7sec so,B's time over the course
= 7/28 *1000 =250 sec
A's time over the course =250-7 =243 sec = 4min ,3 sec.

2) A runs 1 3/4 times as fast as B.If A gives B a start of 84 m,how


far must be winning post be so that A and B might reach it at the
same time ?

Sol: Ratio of rates of A:B =7/4 :1 =7 :4 In a game of


7 m A gains 3m over B. 3m are gained by A in a race of 7m 84 m are
gained by A in a race of 7*84/3 =196 m Winning post must be 196m
away from the starting point.

3)A can run 1km in 3 min ,10sec and B can cover same distance in
3 min 20 sec. By what distance A beat B?

Sol: clearly A beats B by


10 sec. Distance covered by B in 10 sec =1000/200 *10 =50 m A beats
B by 50 metres.

4) In a 100m race,A runs at 8km per hour.If A gives b a start of


4 m and still beats him by 15 sec,what is the speed of B?

Sol: 8000 m -------60*60 sec 100m ------- 60*60*1000/8000 =45 sec.


Time taken by A to cover 100m =45 sec.
B covers 100-4 m =96 min 45 sec =60 sec
B's speed =96 *60*60/60*1000 =5.76 km/hr

5) A and B take part in 100m race .A runs at 5km per hour. A gives
B a start of 8 m and still beats him by 8 sec. What is the
speed of B?

Sol : A'speed = 5km/hr =5*5/18 =25/18 m/s Time taken by A to


cover 100m =100*18/25 =7.2 sec
Time taken by A to cover 92m = 72+8 =80 sec
B's speed =92*18/80*5 = 4.14 kmph.

6) A runs 1 2/3 times as fast as B.If A gives B a start of 80 m,


how far must the winning post be so that A and B might reach if
at the same time?

Sol: Ratio of the speed of A and B =5/3 :1 Thus


in a race of 5m ,A gains 2m over B 2m are gained by in a race of
5m 80 m will be gained by A in a race of 5/2* 80 =200 m

7) A,B and C are three contestans in a kmrace .If A can give B a


start of 40 m and A can give C a start of 64 m,how amny metres
start can b give C?

Sol: A covers 100m,B covers (1000-40) =960 m C covers 1000-64 m


or 936m when B covers 960 m,C covers 936 m when B covers 1000 m,
C covers 936*1000/960 m =975 m B can give C a start of 1000-975
or 25 m.

8) In a 100m race,A covers the distance in 36 sec and B in


45 sec.In this race A beats B by?

Sol: Distance covered by B in 9secs =100*9/45 =20 m A beats


B by 20m

9) In a 200 m race A beats B by 35m or 7 sec.What is the A's time


over the course?

Sol: B runs 35 m in 7sec. B covers 200m in =7*200/35 = 40 sec.


B's time over the course =40 sec
A's time over the course =40-7 =33 sec.

10) In a 300 m race A beats B by 22.5 m or 6 sec.What is the


B's time over the course?

Sol: B runs 22.5 m in 6sec.


B runs 300m in =6*300*2/45 =80 sec.
B's time over the course =80 sec.
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11) A can run 22.5 m while B runs 25 m.In a kilometre race B
beats A by?

Sol: B runs 25 m ,A runs 45/2 m B runs 1000 A runs


= 1000*45/2*25 =900m B beats A by 100m

12)In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speeds of two contestants


A and B is 3:4.A has a start of 140 m.Then ,A win by B?

Sol: The speeds of A and B =3:4 To reach the winning post A will
have to cover a distance of 500-140 m i.e 360 m while A covers 3m,
b covers 4m A covers 360m B covers 4/3*360=480m Thus when A
reaches the winning post, b covers 480m and therefore remains
20m behind. A wins by 20m.

13) In a 100m race,A can beat B by 25 m and B can beat c by 4m.


In the same race A can beat C by/

Sol: If A:B =100 :75 B :C=100 :96 then A :C =A/B*B/C=100/75* 100/96


= 100/72 A beats C by 100 -72 m=28 m

14) In a 100 race,A can give B 10 mand C 28 m.In the same race B
can give C?

Sol: A:B =100 :90 A :C=100 :72 B:C =B/A *A/C =90/100*100/72
=90/72
When B runs 90 C runs 72 when B runs 100 C runs
=72*100/90 B beats C by 20m

15) In a 100m race ,A beats B by 10 m and C by 13 m.In the race


of 180m. B will beat c by?

Sol :A : B =100 :90 A/B =100/90 A/C =100/87 B/C =B/A *A/C =90 /87
When B runs 90m C runs 87 When B runs 180 m then C runs
=87 *180/90 B beats C by 180-174= 6m

16) In a race of 200 m, A can beat B by 31 m and C by 18m.In arace


of 350 m, C will beat B by?

Sol : In a race of 200 m A :B =200:169 A :C =200 :182 C/B =C/A*A/B


=182/200*200/169 When C runs 182 m B runs 169
when C runs 350 m B runs =350*169/182 =325m

17) In agame of 100 points A can give B 20 points and C 28 points


then B can give C?

Sol: In a game of 100 points.A :B =100 :80 A :C =100 :72 B/C=B/A*A/C


=80/100*100/72 = 80/72 when B runs 80m C runs 72 when B runs
100m C runs =100*72/80 =90 B can give C 10 points in agame of 100.

18)At a game of billiards,A can give B 15 points in 60 and A can


give C 20 points in60.How amny points can B give C in a game
of 90?

Sol: A:B =60:45 A:C =60:40 B/C =B/A*A/C =45/60*60/40 =90/80


B can give C 10 points in agame of 90.

19) in agame of 80 points,A can give B 5 points and C 15 points.


Then how many points B can give C in agame of 60?

Sol: A :B =80 :75 A :C =80:65 B/C=B/A*A/C = 75/80*80/65


=15/13 B:C =60:52

    

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