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Places A and B are 300 km apart and they are on a straight road . Hamid travels from A to B on bike . At same time joseph starts from B on bike, travels towards A . They meet each other after 20 minutes . If Joseph would have started from B at same time but in the opposite direction ( instead of towards A ) . Hamid would have caught him after 3 hours . Find the speed of Hamid and Joseph .

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Hamid travelled at the speed of 50 km/h and Joseph travelled at the speed 40 km/h
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