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Cat and Dog had a competition to determine which of them was the faster. Cat's jump is 30% shorter than Dog's, but it makes 30% more jumps than Dog in the same time. Who will win?

User Breadtruck
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Answer:

Dog will win

Explanation:

User Getsy
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Answer: Cat will win the game as Cat was the fastest between the two.

Explanation:

Let the number of steps of dog be n

Let the number of steps of cats be 1.3n

Let Distance of each step of cat be x

Let distance of each step of dog be 0.7x

According to question,

Total distance covered by dog be


n* x=nx

Total distance covered by cat be


0.7x* 1.3n=0.91 nx

As we can see that


0.91nx>nx

Hence, Cat will win the game as Cat was the fastest between the two.


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