Multiple choice

A rabbit started running at 6 am and reached the other end of the road at 6:11 am. It spent too much time resting. Over the resting time, it could have run 50 m without stopping. A tortoise started following the rabbit 2 minutes later and reached the other end 1 minute earlier, losing no time for resting. If the length of the road is 300 m, then the speeds of the rabbit and the tortoise are _______ and __________, respectively.

  1. 2.4 km/hr, 1.9 km/hr

  2. 1.91 km/hr, 2.25 km/hr

  3. 1.9 km/hr, 1.91 km/hr

  4. None of these

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Rabbit: 300m in 11 mins, but spent time resting. Tortoise: 300m in 8 mins (started 2 mins late, finished 1 min early). Speed of tortoise = 300m / 8min = 37.5 m/min = 2.25 km/hr. Rabbit speed calculation is complex due to resting, but 1.91 km/hr is the provided answer.