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hi a 900 meters race, Sathish beats Kiran by 270 meters and Rahul by 340 meters. By how many meters does Kiran beat Rahul in the same race?

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hi a 900 meters race, Sathish beats Kiran by 270 meters and Rahul by 340 meters. By how
many meters does Kiran beat Rahul in the same race?
  • A70
  • B100
  • C20
  • D40
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We need to find by how many meters does kiran beat Rahul in the same race.

"satish beats kiran by 270 meters" means:

$Satish = Kiran + 270$ ...(i)

"satish beats rahul by 340 meters." means

$Satish = Rahul + 340$ ...(ii)

Using equations (i) and (ii) we get:

$Kiran + 270 = Rahul + 340$

$Kiran = Rahul + 340 -270$

$Kiran = Rahul + 70$

Which means Kiran beats Rahul by 70 meters at the same time of race.

Hence final answer is 70 meters.