Recent questions tagged speed-distance-time

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A man walks $10$ miles at an average rate of $2$ miles per hour and returns on a bicycle at an average rate of $10$ miles per hour. How long (to the nearest hour) does the entire trip take him? $4$ hours $5$ hours $6$ hours $7$ hours
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Two bicyclists travel in opposite directions. One travels $5$ miles per hour faster than the other. In $2$ hours they are $50$ miles apart. What is the rate of the faster bicyclist? $11.25$ mph $15$ mph $20$ mph $22.5$ mph
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A man travels $35$ km partly at $4$ $kmph$ and partly at $5$ $kmph$. If he covers the former distance at $5$ $kmph$ and the later distance at $4$ $kmph$, he could cover $2$ km more in the same time. The time taken to cover the whole distance at the original rate (in hours) is : $4\frac{1}{2}$ $7$ $8$ $9$
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A man walks at $5$ kmph for $6$ hr and at $4$ km/h for $12$ hr. His average speed is $4\frac{1}{3}$ km/h $9\frac{2}{3}$ km/h $9½$ km/h $8$ km/h
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Two persons start walking on a road that diverge at an angle of $120^{\circ}$. If they walk at the rate of $3$km/h and $2$km/h respectively. Find the distance between them after $4$hrs. $4\sqrt{19}$ km $5$ km $7$ km $8\sqrt{19}$ km
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On a scale of a map, $0.6$ cm represents $6.6$ km. If the distance between two points on the map is $80.5$ cm, the actual distance between these points is: $9$ km $72.5$ km $190.75$ km $885.5$ km
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A car travels at an average of $50$ miles per hour for $2.5$ hours and then travels at a speed of $70$ miles per hour for $1.5$ hours. How far did the car travel in the entire $4$ hours? $210$ miles $230$ miles $250$ miles $260$ miles
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An hour after Aishwarya started from her college towards Ananya’s home, a distance of $53$ km, Ananya started from her home on the same road towards Aishwarya’s college. If Aishwarya’s speed was $4$ km per hour and Ananya’s was $3$ km per hour, how many km from Ananya’s home did the two meet? $24$ $22$ $21$ $19.5$
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A train started from Mumbai at $6.00$ A.M. On the next (second) station $1/3$ passengers got down and $96$ got in. On the next (third) station, $1/2$ of the total passengers present in the train, got down and $12$ came in. Now there were $248$ passengers in the train, when the train started from Mumbai, the number of passengers was: $435$ $564$ $654$ $736$
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A train starts at $7$ a.m. from $A$ towards $B$ with a speed of $50$ km/hr. Another train from $B$ starts at $8$ a.m. with a speed of $60$ km/hr towards $A$. Both of them meet at $10$ a.m. at $C$. The ratio of the distances $AC$ to $BC$ is : $4:5$ $5:4$ $5:6$ $6:5$
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$A$ can run $200$ m in $35$ seconds and $B$ in $38$ seconds. By what distance $A$ beats $B$? $15$ m $15\dfrac{2}{3}$ m $15\dfrac{15}{19}$ m $15\dfrac{4}{19}$ m
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A train running at the speed of $60$ km/hr crosses a pole in $9$ seconds. What is the length of the train? $120$ meters $180$ meters $324$ meters $150$ meters
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Mahira and Neelima started walking towards each other, simultaneously from Gandhi Nagar and Nehru Nagar respectively, which are $72$ miles apart. They met after $6$ hours. After their meeting, Mahira reduced her speed by $1$ mile/h and Neelima increased by $1$ mile/h. They arrived at Nehru Nagar and Gandhi ... $7$ miles/h $6.5$ miles/h and $5.5$ miles/h $15.5$ miles/h and $9$ miles/h
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A train after travelling for 50 km meets with an accident and then proceeds at 3/4th of its former speed and arrives the destination 35 minutes late. Had the accident occured 24 km farther, it would have reached the destination only 25 minutes late. what is the speed of train in kmph
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Use the following data: A and B are running along a circular course of radius 7 km in opposite directions such that when they meet they reverse their directions and when they meet, A will run at the speed of B and vice-versa, Initially, the speed of A is thrice the speed of B. Assume that ... at $M_{4}$. What is the distance travelled by A when they meet at $M_{3}$? $77$km $66$km $99$km $88$km
Use the following data: A and B are running along a circular course of radius 7 km in opposite directions such that when they meet they reverse their directions and when they meet, A will run at the speed of B and vice-versa, Initially, the speed of A is thrice the speed of B. Assume that they ... , and finally at $M_{4}$. Which is the point that coincides with M0? $M_{1}$ $M_{2}$ $M_{3}$ $M_{4}$
Use the following data: A and B are running along a circular course of radius 7 km in opposite directions such that when they meet they reverse their directions and when they meet, A will run at the speed of B and vice-versa, Initially, the speed of A is thrice the speed of B. Assume that they ... between $M_{1}$ and $M_{3}$ along the course? $22$ km $14 \sqrt{2}$ km $22 \sqrt{2}$ km $14$ km
Use the following data: A and B are running along a circular course of radius 7 km in opposite directions such that when they meet they reverse their directions and when they meet, A will run at the speed of B and vice-versa, Initially, the speed of A is thrice the speed of B. Assume that they ... $M_{1}$ and $M_{2}$? $11$ km $7 \sqrt{2}$ km $7$ km $14$ km