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KCC's quiz AQQ274 about 2 sportsmen running and walking

Two  sportsmen A and B have exactly the same running speed and the same walking speed.

One day they started the same trip to the same place.

Sportsman-A walked for half of the distance and ran for the rest, while

Sportsman-B walked for half the time and ran for the other half of time.

Question: Which sportsman reached the end of the trip first? How do you justify it?

Good luck and try to be among the firsts!

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  • Assuming running is faster than walking, B is faster. Because running half the time you cover more distance than running half the distance, which is what A is doing. Then the distance left for walking is shorter than half the distance. Thus quicker. B arrives first.

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  • Assuming running is faster than walking, B is faster. Because running half the time you cover more distance than running half the distance, which is what A is doing. Then the distance left for walking is shorter than half the distance. Thus quicker. B arrives first.

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