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In a 800 metre race, `A` defeated `B` by 15 seconds. If `A ' s` speed was 8 km/hr, the speed of `B` was `(16)/(27)k m//h r` (b) `(27)/(16)k m//h r` (c) `7(17)/(25)k m//h r` (d) `8(17)/(25)k m//h r`

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