In a village, there are four tribes located at different distances from each other. Tribe R is 60 miles away from Tribe P; Tribe S is 40 miles away from Tribe B and Tribe R is 10 miles nearer to the Tribe S than it is to Tribe Q.
How far is the Tribe S located from the tribe P?
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25
Distance between Tribe Q and Tribe S = 40km
=> Distance between Tribe Q and Tribe R + Distance between Tribe R and Tribe S = 40km
=> Distance between Tribe Q and Tribe R + (Distance between Tribe Q and Tribe R - 10) = 40 km
=> 2 * Distance between Tribe Q and Tribe R = 50km
=> Distance between Tribe Q and Tribe R = 25km
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