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A goods train and a passenger train are running on the parallel tracks in the same direction. The driver of the goods train observes that the passenger train coming from behind, over takes and crosses his train completely in 1 min whereas a passenger on the passenger train marks that he crosses the good strain in 2/3 min .If the speeds of the trains is in the ratio of 1:2,then find the ratio of their lengths

A

a. `4:1`

B

b. `3:1`

C

c. `1:4`

D

d. `2:1`

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