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A and B are two friends. A lives at a place P and B lives at another place Q. Everyday A goes to Q to meet B at 120 km/h. Thus, he takes 3 hours. On a particular day B started to meet A so he moved towards P. On that day A took only 2 hours to meet B on the way instead at Q.
(i) What is the speed of B?
(ii) What is the ratio of speeds of A is to B?

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(i) 2 : 1
(ii) 60 km/h
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