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The speed of two railway enginesis in the ratio 5 : 4. If they moveonparallel tracks in the same direction and if the slower engine is ahead of the faster engine by 8 km when the latter starts, then how far will the faster engine have to travel before it overtakes the slower one?

A

48

B

32

C

40

D

36

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C
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