Two ants A and B start from a point P on a circle at the same time, with A moving clock-wise and B moving anti

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Two ants A and B start from a point P on a circle at the same time, with A moving clock-wise and B moving anti-clockwise. They meet for the first time at 10:00 am when A has covered 60% of the track. If A returns to P at 10:12 am, then B returns to P at

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10:27 am. When A and B met for the first time at 10:00 AM, A covered 60% of the track. So B must have covered 40% of the track. It is given that A returns to P at 10:12 AM i.e A covers 40% of the track in 12 minutes 60% of the track in 18 minutes B covers 40% of track when A covers 60% of the track. B covers