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Arun completed a 100-meter race in 16s, while Karthik finished it in 13s. Who ran faster?

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Solution

Speed of runners $v = \frac{D i s t a n c e}{T i m e t a k e n}$
Since time taken by Karthik is less than that taken by Arun, thus speed of Karthik is more than that of Arun.
Hence Karthik ran faster.

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