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A thief seeing a policeman from a distance of 200 metres starts running at a speed of 8 km/hr. The policeman gives chase immediately with a speed of 9 km/hr and the thief is caught. What is the distance run by the thief?

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1000 metres
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1200 metres
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1600 metres
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2000 metres
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Solution

The correct option is D 1600 metres
Relative speed of the policeman with respect to that of thief =(98) km/hr =1×518 m/sec
Time taken by the policeman to catch the thief =2005/18 sec =720 seconds
The distance run by the thief =(8×518×720) metres =1600 metres

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