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A man in a train notices that he can count 21 telephone posts in one minute. If they are known to be 50 metres apart, then at what speed is the train travelling? `55\ k m//h r` b. `\ 60\ k m//h r` c. `57\ k m//h r` d. `63\ k m//h r`

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