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Thief spotted at a distance, both start together: distance the thief runs before being caught

The same question, asked 11 times: 14 Jul 2023 S4*, 17 Jul 2023 S2*, 18 Jul 2023 S1*, 18 Jul 2023 S4*, 19 Jul 2023 S4*, 20 Jul 2023 S2*, 25 Jul 2023 S1*, 27 Jul 2023 S2*, 19 Sep 2024 S2*, 19 Sep 2024 S3*, 24 Sep 2024 S1. Every wording below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    14 Jul 2023 S4

    62
    A policeman follows a thief, who is 1250 m ahead of him. The policeman and the thief run at the speed of 10 km/h and 8 km/h, respectively. The distance (in km) run by the thief before he is nabbed by the policeman is:

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  2. Question 2

    17 Jul 2023 S2

    61
    A thief is spotted by a constable from 200 m. When the constable starts the chase, the thief also starts running. If the speed of the constable is 8 km/h and thief runs at the speed of 6 km/h, then how far (in m) will the thief be able to run before he is overtaken?

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  3. Question 3

    18 Jul 2023 S1

    53
    A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 400m. When the policeman starts chasing, the thief also starts running. If the speed of the thief is 32km/h and that of the policeman is 40 km/h, then how far wouldthe thief have run before he is overtaken?

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  4. Question 4

    18 Jul 2023 S4

    72
    A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 210 m. When the policeman starts the chase, the thief also starts running. If the speed of the thief is 25 km/h and that of the policeman is 32 km/h, then how far would the thief have run (in m) before he is overtaken?

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  5. Question 5

    19 Jul 2023 S4

    66
    A thief seeing a policeman from a distance of 300 m starts running at a speed of 10 km/h. The policeman gives chase immediately at a speed of 12 km/h and the thief is caught. What is the distance run by the thief?

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  6. Question 6

    20 Jul 2023 S2

    64
    A thief is chased by a policeman and distance between them is 3 km. The speed of policeman is 75 km/h and the speed of the thief is 60 km/h. The policeman will be able to catch the thief when the thief would have covered the distance of ______ km.

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  7. Question 7

    25 Jul 2023 S1

    67
    A thief seeing a policeman from a distance of 400 m started running at a speed of 16 km/h. The policeman chased him immediately with a speed of 18 km/h and the thief was caught. What is the distance run by the thief before he was caught by the policeman?

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  8. Question 8

    27 Jul 2023 S2

    69
    A thief robs precious metals from a store which is 1150 m away from the police. The thief starts running at 6 km/h and the police starts chasing at 11 km/h at the same time. How much distance (in m) will the thief run before being caught?

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  9. Question 9

    19 Sep 2024 S2

    68
    A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 200 metres. When the policeman starts the chase, the thief also starts running. If the speed of the thief is 9 km/h and that of the policeman 10 km/h, how far will the thief have to run before he is overtaken?

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  10. Question 10

    19 Sep 2024 S3

    71
    A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 195 metres. When the policeman starts the chase, the thief also starts running. If the speed of the thief is 22 km/h and that of the policeman is 27 km/h, then how far would the thief have run (in m) before he is overtaken?

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  11. Question 11

    24 Sep 2024 S1

    73
    A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 100 m. The thief starts running and the policeman chases him. If the speed of thief and policeman are 21 km/h and 23 km/h, respectively, then how far will the thief have to run before he is over taken?

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