A man travelled a certain distance by train at the rate of 25 kmph and walked back at the rate of 4 kmph. If the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, the distance was
A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2 km/hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, the distance between his house and school is :
(a) 6 km
(b) 5 km
(c) 5.5 km
(d) 6.5 km
(e) 7 km
Answer: (a)
Let the required distance be x km.
Then, \(\displaystyle \frac{x}{3}+\frac{x}{2}=5\)
\(\displaystyle \frac{{2x+3x}}{6}=5\)
5x = \(\displaystyle 6\times 5\)
\(\displaystyle x=\frac{{6\times 5}}{5}=6km\)
A and B travel the same distance at speed of 9 km/hr and 10 km/hr respectively. If A takes 36 minutes more than B, the distance travelled by each is
A person started his journey in the morning. At 11 a.m. he covered \(\displaystyle \frac{3}{8}\) of the journey and on the same day at 4.30 p.m. he covered \(\displaystyle \frac{5}{6}\)of the journey. He started his journey at
\(\displaystyle \frac{{11}}{{24}}\) part of the journey is covered in \(\displaystyle \frac{{11}}{2}hours\)
\(\displaystyle \frac{3}{8}\) part of the journey is covered in = \(\displaystyle \frac{{11}}{2}\times \frac{{24}}{{11}}\times \frac{3}{8}=\frac{9}{2}hours\)