Quantitative Aptitude Races and Games Study Material
Race : A contest of speed over a specified distance is called race. The contest may be in running, riding, driving, sailing, rowing etc. The participants in the contest may be persons, animals or vehicles. The place, ground, field, path or track on which the contest is held is called Race Course. The point from where a race begins is called Starting Point. The point set to bound a race is called Winning post or Goal. The participant who first reaches the goal is declared Winner; When all the participants contesting a race reach the goal exactly at the same time, the race is called a Dead-heat race.
Suppose A and B are two participants in a race. If at the start of the race, A is at the starting point and B is ahead of A at a distance x meters, then A is said to have given B a start of x meters or a lead of x meters. For instance, in a race of 100m, if at the time of start, A is at the starting point and B is 5 m ahead of A, then A is said to have given B a start or lead of 5 m. In this case it means that A will have to cover a distance of 100 m whereas B will have to cover (100-5) = 95 m only. .
Game : When we say that It is a game of 100, it means that the participant who scores 100 points first is the winner. If A scores 100 points while scores only 70 points, we say that “A can give B (100 - 70) = 30 points” in a game of 100.
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