Chapter-26
Speed, Time and Distance
Speed
If the location of an object changes with time then
it is said to be in motion. A bus running on a road,
an ant crawling on a floor, a monkey climbing up
a greased pole etc — all are the examples of objects
in motion because the locations of these objects
keep on changing wit h respect to t heir
surroundings.
Let an object move from a point A to the point B
through any path, then the actual length of the
path followed by the object is called the distance
travelled by the object. The rate at which any
moving body covers a particular distance is called
its speed.
Distance travelled
 Speed =
Time taken
1 km/hr will cross the another train B moving in
If the distance is constant, Speed 
Time
Distance
 Time = Speed
If the time is constant, Distance  Speed
Distance = Time × Speed.
If the speed is constant, Distance  Time
We can say that for constant distance travelled,
speed is inversely proportional to the time taken.
This can be explained by a simple example. To
cover a distance of 100 kms, if a person goes at
the speed of 25 kmph, he will require 4 hours to
complete the journey and travelling at a speed of
50 kmph, 2 hours will be required.
(a) Uniform Speed
If the object covers equal distance in equal time
intervals, howsoever small the interval may be then
its speed is called the uniform speed.
(b) Variable Speed
If the object travels different distances in equal
intervals of time, then its speed is called a variable
speed. In this case t he speed changes fr om
instance to instance.
The Relative Speed
(i) Objects are moving in opposite directions
The relative speed of one object with respect to
t he ot her , will have magnit ude gr eater than
individual speed of each object. This is why, for
example, a train A moving with speed 10 km/hr
will cross another t rain B moving in opposite
directions with speed 25 km/hr, with a relative
speed of (10 + 25 =) 35 km/hr which is greater
than the individual speed of either train.
(ii) Objects are moving in same direction
The relative speed of one object with respect to the
other, will have magnitude either less than or greater
than individual speed of each object. This is why,
for example, a train A moving with the speed of 20
same direction with the speed of 15 km/hr, with a
relative speed of (20 – 15 =) 5 km/hr which is less
than the individual speed of either train.
Take another example, a train A moving with
the speed of 60 km/hr will cross the another train
B moving in same direction with the speed of
20 km/hr with a relative speed of (60 - 20 =)
40 km/hr which is less than the tr ain A and
greater than the train B.
Average Speed
Total Distance Covered
Average Speed =
Total Time Taken
For example, A person divides his total route
of journey into three equal parts and decides to
travel the three parts with speed of 40, 30 and
15 km/hr respectively. Find his average speed
during the whole journey.
Let the three equal parts of journey be x km.
Time taken to travel first part of the journey
 x 
=   hour
 40 
Time taken to travel second part of the journey
 x 
=   hour
 30 
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Time taken to travel third part of the journey An Important Result

 x  If two persons (or trains) A and B start at the same
=   hour
 15  time in opposite directions from two points, and
arrive at the point in a and b hours respectively
 x x x  after having met, then
 Total time taken =     hours
 40 30 15  A’s rate : B’s rate = b : a .
Total distance travelled = x + x + x = 3x km
Proof: Suppose A starts from P and B starts from
Total Distance Travelled Q and they meet at R.
Average Speed =
Total Time Taken

x Let A’s rate be x km per hour, and B’s rate

= km/hr be y km per hour.
 x x x 
    QR = ax km, PR = by km.
 40 30 15 
Now time t aken by A in t r av elling the
= 24 km/hr
by
Units of Measurement distance by km is hours.
x
Time is measured in seconds (s), minutes (min) or And t ime t aken by B in tr avelling the

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hours (hr) ax
Distance is usually measured in metres (m), distance ax km is hours.
y
kilometres (km), miles, yards or feet.
Speed is usually measured in metres per second Since both start at the same time and meet,
(mps), kilomet res per hour (kmph or those two times must be equal. Hence
km/hr) or miles per hour (mph).
ax by x2 b x b
    
Conversion of units y x y2 a y a
1 hour = 60 minutes = (60 × 60) seconds. For example, A man sets out to cycle f rom
1 kilometre = 1000 metres Bhiwani to Rohtak, and at the same time another
8 kilometres = 5 miles man starts from Rohtak to cycle to Bhiwani. After
1 yard = 3 feet passing each other they complete their journeys

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1 kilometre 1 4
1 kilometre per hour = in 3 and 4 hours respectively. At what rate
1 hour 3 5
1000 metres 5 does the second man cycles if the first cycles 8
= (60  60) seconds  18 metre per second km per hour?
We proceed as follows:
 18 kilometres per hour = 5 metres per second
[To convert kilometres per hour into metres 4
4
per second we multiply the given speed in First man' s rate 5  6

Second man' s rate 1 5
5 3
kilometres per hour with . And to convert 3
18
metres per second into kilometres per hour 8 6
we multiply the given speed in metres per or 
Second man' s rate 5
18
second with .] 5 2
5  second man’s rate = 8 = 6 km per hour.
6 3
5
1 kilometre per hour = mile per hour.
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1 mile per hour = feet per second.
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Solved Examples
Ex. 1: A man walks 22.5 km in 5 hours. How Now, 1 hour = 60 minutes
much he will walk in 4 hours? = (60 × 60) seconds
Soln: We have, distance covered = 22.5 km, = 3600 seconds
time taken = 5 hours.  Distance covered by the goods train in
one hour = (Speed × Time)
Distance
 Speed = = (4 × 3600) metres
Time
 3600 
 22 .5  = 4   km
 1000 
or, Speed =   km/hr = 4.5 km/hr
 5 
Now, Distance = Speed × Time 72
=km = 14.4 km
or, Distance covered in 4 hours 5
= (4.5 × 4) km = 18 km. Thus, the distance covered by the goods
Hence, the man will walk 18 km in 4 train in 1 hour = 14.4 km.
hours. Hence, the speed of the t rain is 14.4
Ex. 2: A car travels at the speed of 72 km/hr. km/hr.

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How many metres will it travel in one Ex. 4: A man travels some distance at a speed
second? of 12 km/hr and returns at 9 km/hr. If
Soln: We have, speed of the car = 72 km/hr the total time taken by him is 2 hours
20 minutes, find the distance.
1
Time = 1 sec = minute Soln: Let the distance be x km. Then,
60
x
time taken at 12 km/hr = hour
 60 seconds  1minute  12
 1 
 1 sec  minute   x 
 60  =   60  minutes = 5x minutes.
 12 
 1 
=   hour
x
 60  60 
Time taken at 9 km/hr = hour
9

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 1 
60 minutes  1 hour 1 minute  60 hour  x  20x
  =   60  minutes = minutes.
 1 minute  1
hour  9  3
 60 60  60  Since the total time taken is 2 hours 20
Now, Distance = Speed × Time minutes ie 140 minutes.
 Distance covered in one second Now, according to the question,
= Speed × Time 20
5x  x  140
 1  3
=  72   km
 3600 
15x  20x
or,  140
 1  3
=  72   1000  m
 3600  35 x
[  1 km = 1000 m] or,  140
3
 1  or, 35x = 3 × 140
=  72   10  m = 20 m.
 36  3  410
Thus, the car will travel 20 metres in 1 or, x =
35
sec.  x = 12
Ex. 3: The speed of a goods train is 4 m/sec. Hence, the distance is 12 km.
What is its speed in km/hr? Ex. 5: Walking at 4 km/hr, a person reaches
Soln: In order to find the speed of the goods his office 5 minutes late. If he walks
t r ain in km/hr , we hav e t o find t he at 5 km/hr, he will be 4 minutes too
distance travelled (in km) by it in one hour. early. Find the distance of his office
We have, from his residence.
Speed = 4 m/sec and Time = 1 hour.
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Soln: Let the required distance be x km. When the person walks at 5 km/hr, then
x x 4
Time taken at 4 km/hr = hours t
4 5 60

x  x 1
=   60  minutes = 15x minutes or, t ....(ii)
4  5 15
Now, subt r act ing equat ion (ii) fr om
x equation (i), we have,
Time taken at 5 km/hr = hours
5
x x  1   1 
x 
 = t    t  
4 5  12   15 
=   60  minutes = 12x minutes
5 
1 1 54 9
Since the diff er ence bet ween t he two =  = =
times taken is (5 + 4) = 9 minutes. 12 15 60 60
 15x - 12x = 9
5 x  4x 9
or, 3x = 9 or, 
20 60
9
or, x = = 3. x 9
3 or, 

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Hence, the required distance is 3 km. 20 60
Alternative Method I: 9  20
Let the distance to the office be 1 km. x = = 3
60
Then, time taken to cover 1 km at the rate
of 4 km/hr Hence, the required distance is 3 km.
Ex. 6: A gun is fired at a distance of 3.32 km
Distance 1 away from Rohit. He hears the sound
= Speed  4 hour
10 seconds later. Find the speed of the
sound.
1  Soln: Since Rohit is at a distance of 3.32 km
=   60  = 15 minutes from the gun and he hears the sound 10
4 
Time taken to cover 1 km at the rate of 5 seconds later. This means that in 10
km/hr seconds sound covers a distance of 3.32

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km.
Distance 1  Distance covered = 3.32 km
= 
Speed 5 hour = (3.32 × 1000) metres
= 3320 metres
1  and, time taken = 10 seconds.
=   60  = 12 minutes
5  Distance
 Difference in time taken Now, Speed =
Time
= (15 – 12) = 3 minutes
But the actual difference in time 3320
= (5 + 4) = 9 minutes  Speed = m/sec = 332 m/sec.
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Thus, when the difference in time taken Ex. 7: A man travels a distance of 18 km from
is 3 minutes, the distance to office = 1 km his house to an exhibition by tanga at
 If the difference in time is 9 minutes, 15 km/hr and returns back on cycle at
1  10 km/hr. Find his average speed for
the distance to office =   9  = 3 km
3  the whole journey.
Hence the distance to office = 3 km. Soln: Time taken by a man to reach exhibition
Alternative Method II: from his house
Let x km be the distance of office of the
Distance 18 6
person and t hours be the time required = = hours = hours
to reach the office by the person. Speed 15 5
When the person walks at 4 km/hr, then Time taken by a man to reach his house
x 5 from the exhibition
t
4 60 Distance 18 9
= Speed = hours = hours
10 5
x 1
or, t ....(i)
4 12
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 Total time of journey  They are 16 km apart in

6 9 15 16 32 6
=    hours = hours = 3 hours.  2 hours.
5 5 5 1 13 13
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Total distance covered 2
= (18 + 18) km = 36 km (iv) From (ii), discussed above,
 Average speed for the whole journey  1 1
They are  3  3   km apart in 1 hour.
Total Distance Covered  2 2
=  They are 16 km apart in
Total Time Taken

36 16
= 32 hours.
=km/hr = 12 km/hr 1
3
2
Ex. 8: Two men A and B start from a place P
Ex. 9: A train travelling 25 km an hour leaves
1 Delhi at 9 am and anot her t rai n
walking at 3 km and 3 km an hour
2 travelling 35 km an hour starts at 2
respectively. How many km will they pm in the same direction. How many
km from Delhi will they be together?
1 Soln: Let the required distance be x km.
be apart at the end of 2 hours,

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2 A train leaves Delhi at 9 am and another
(i) if they walk in opposite train leaves Delhi at 2 pm in the same
directions? direction.
( i i) if they walk in the same direction? ie difference of time = 5 hours.
What time will they take to be 16 Distance travelled by the first train in 5
km apart, hours = (25 × 5) = 125 km
( i ii ) if they walk in the opposite Now, according to the question,
directions? Time taken by the train to cover (x – 125)
( iv) if they walk in the same direction? km is equal to the time taken by the second
Soln: (i) When they walk in opposite directions, train to cover the distance of x km.
Their relative velocity will be
x x  125
 
 1  1 35 25
3  3  6 km

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 2  2 or, 25x = 35x – 35 × 125
35  125 875 1
1 x=   437
ie, They will be 6 km apart in one hour. 10 2 2
2
 The distance from Delhi after which
1 1
 in 2 hour s t hey will be
2 they will be together = 437 km.
2
 1 1  1 Alternative Method :
 6  2   16 km apart. The first train has a start of 25 × 5 km
 2 2  4
and the second train gains (35 – 25) or 10
(ii) When they walk in same direction, km per hour.
Their relative velocity will be  the second train will gain 25 × 5 km in
 1 1 25  5 1
3  3  km or 12 hours.
 2 2 10 2
1  the required distance from Delhi
ie, They will be km apart in one hour.
2 1 1
= 12  35 = 437 km.
2 2
1 1 1  1
 in 2 hours they will be   2   1 3
2 2 2  4 Ex. 10: Walking of his usual speed, a person
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km apart.
(iii) From (i), discussed above, 1
is 1 hours late to his office. Find his
 1  1 2
They will be  3  3   6 km apart in usual time to cover the distance.
 2  2
Soln: It is easy to see that if the speed of a train
one hour. or man be changed in the ratio of a : b,
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then the time required to travel a certain Soln: Suppose I have to walk 1 km.
distance will be changed in the ratio of
1
b : a. To walk 1 km, I require hour in the
3
3
Since the man walks at of his usual 1
4 first case, and hour in the second case.
4
4
rate, the time that he takes is of his 1 1
3
Therefore, I save    hour in the first
usual time. 3 4

4 1 1
 of usual time = usual time + 1 hours. case, and hour in the second case.
3 2 4

1 1
 of usual time = 1 hours.
3 2
1 1
 usual time = 1  3 hours = 4
2 2
Alternative Method :
1 1
Thefore, I save    hour or 5 minutes
3 4
in the second case. But , by the question,
hours. I save (40 + 30) or 70 minutes.
Hence the required distance
= (70  5 =) 14 km.

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Let the usual speed of the person be x km/ Alternative Method :
hr and the distance of his office = D km. Let the required distance be D km.
His usual time to cover the distance Time taken to cover D km at 3 km/hr
D
=   hours D
x  =   hour
Now, according to the question, 3
Time taken to cover D km at 4 km/hr
3
Speed = of his usual speed D
4
=   hour
4
3  Total difference in time
=  x  km/hr
4  = 40 minutes late + 30 minutes early
Time taken to cover the distance D km

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 70  7
= 70 minutes =   hours
   60  6
 D  4D
=   hours Now, according to the question,
 3x  3x
  D D 7
 4   
3 4 6
Again,
4D D 1 3 1 1 7
 1 hours = hours or, D    
3x x 2 2 3 4 6

D4  3 D 7
  1  or, 
or, 12 6
x 3  2

D 1 3 7  12
or,    D = = 14 km
x 3 2 6
Hence the required distance = 14 km.
D 9 Ex. 12: Two men A and B walk from P to Q a
or, 
x 2 distance of 21 km, at 3 and 4 km an
hour respectively. B reaches Q, returns
9 1 immediately and meets A at R. Find the
 Usual time = = 4 hours.
2 2 distance from P to R.
Ex. 11: I have to be at a certain place at a Soln: When B meets A at R, B has walked the
certain time and find that I shall be distance PQ + QR and A the distance PR.
40 minutes too late, if I walk at 3 km That is both of them have together walked
an hour and 30 minutes too soon, if I twice the distance from P to Q, ie 42 km.
walk at 4 km an hour. How far have I
to walk?
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Now the rates of A and B are 3 : 4 and distance PQ (= 55 km) and when they meet
they have walked 42 km. at S for the second time, they have together
Hence the distance PR travelled by A covered three times the distance PQ or
165 km.
3
= of 42 km. = 18 km.
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Alternative Method I: 3 32
Now PR =  55 km
1 of PQ = 11
32
2
= 30 km.
Let the required distance be x km. QP + PS is the distance covered by B when
Now, according to the question, he meets A for the second time.
A and B both walk for the same distance
1
 Distance travelled by B 2
= (21 + 21 – x) = (42 – x) km 2
 QP + PS = of 165 km = 75 km.
1
32
 42  x  2
Time taken by B =   hours
 4   PS = 75 - QP = (75 - 55) km = 20 km.
Distance travelled by A = x km  SR = PR - PS = (30 - 20) km = 10 km.

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Ex. 14: Points A and B are 90 km apart from
x 
Time taken by A =   hours each other on a highway. A car starts
3 from A and another from B at the same
time. If they go in the same direction
x 42  x
  they meet in 9 hours and if they go in
3 4
or, 4x = 126 – 3x 9
opposite directions they meet in
or, 7x = 126 7
hours. Find their speeds.
126
or, x = = 18 Soln: Let X and Y be two cars starting from
7 points A and B respectively. Let the speed
 required distance = 18 km of car X be x km/hr and that of car Y be y
Alternative Method II: km/hr.

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A’s speed = 3 km Case I: When two cars move in the same
B’s speed = 4 km direction:
Let us consider that A and B meets after t
hours.
Distance covered by A in t hours = 3t km
Distance covered by B in t hours = 4t km
Total distance covered by A and B
= 3t + 4t = 7t km Suppose two cars meet at point Q. Then,
But the total distance covered by A and B is distance travelled by car X = AQ,
twice the distance between P and Q. distance travelled by car Y = BQ.
So, 7t = 21 × 2 It is given that two cars meet in 9 hours.
 Distance travelled by car X in 9 hours
21 = 9x km or AQ = 9x km
t = 2
7 Distance travelled by car y in 9 hours
t = 6 hours = 9y km
So, the distance between P and R = Distance  BQ = 9y km
travelled by A = 3 × 6 = 18 km. Clearly, AQ - BQ = AB
Ex. 13: A and B start at the same time from P  9x - 9y = 90
and Q (55 km apart) to Q and P at 3 [  AB = 90 km]
or, x - y = 10 .... (i)
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and 2 km an hour respectively, meet Case II: When two cars move in opposite
2 directions:
at R, reach Q and P, return immediately Suppose two cars meet at point P. Then,
and meet again at S. Find the distance distance travelled by car X = AP
from R to S. distance travelled by car Y = BP
Soln: When A and B meet at R for the first time,
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they have together cov er ed the whole In this case, two cars meet in hours.
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 Dist ance tr av elled by car X in Case II: When he travels 200 km by train
and the rest by car:
9 9 9
hours = x km or AP = x km If Ved travels 200 km by train, then
7 7 7 distance travelled by car is (600 - 200) km
= 400 km.
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Distance travelled by car Y in hours Now, time taken to cover 200 km by train
7
200
9 9 = hours
= y km or BP = y km x
7 7 Time taken to cover 400 km by train
Clearly, AP + BP = AB
400
9 9 = y hours
 x  y  90
7 7
In this case the total time of journey is 8
9 hours 20 minutes
or, (x  y )  90
7 200 400
  = 8 hours 20 minutes
or, x + y = 70 ... (ii) x y
Solving (i) and (ii), we get
x = 40 and y = 30. 200 400 1
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or, 
Hence, speed of car X is 40 km/hr and x y 3
speed of car Y is 30 km/hr.
Ex. 15: Ved travels 600 km to his home partly [  8 hours 20 minutes
by train and partly by car. He takes 8 20 1
hours if he travels 120 km by train and = 8 hours = 8 hours]
60 3
the rest by car. He takes 20 minutes
longer if he travels 200 km by train 200 400 25
and the rest by car. Find the speed of or,  
x y 3
the train and the car.
Soln: Let the speed of the train be x km/hr and  8 16  25
the speed of the car be y km/hr. or, 25  
Case I: When he travels 120 km by train and x y  3
the rest by car:
8 16 1

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If Ved travels 120 km by train, then or, x  y  3
distance covered by car is (600 - 120) km
= 480 km.
Now, time taken to cover 120 km by train 24 48
or,  1
x y
120
= hours
x 24 48
or,  1  0 .... (ii)
x y
 Distance 
 Time  
 speed  1 1
Putting  u and  v in (i) and (ii),
Time taken to cover 480 km by car x y
480 we get
= y hours 15u + 60v - 1 = 0 .... (iii)
It is given that the total time of the journey 24u + 48v - 1 = 0 .... (iv)
is 8 hours. On solving equations (iii) and (iv), we have

120 480 1 1
  8 u = and v =
x y 60 80

 15 60  1 1 1
or, 8  8 Now, u =    x = 60,
 x y  x 60 x

15 60 1 1 1
or, x

y
1 and v = y  80  y  y = 80.

Hence, speed of train = 60 km/hr and

15 60
or,   1  0 .... (i) speed of car = 80 km/hr.
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Ex. 16: X takes 3 hours more than Y to walk

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30 km. But, if X doubles his pace, he is 10u – 3 = 0  u =
10
1
ahead of Y by 1 hours. Find their 3 1 3
2 Now, u =  
speed of walking. 10 x 10
Soln: Let the speeds of X and Y be x km/hr and 10 1
y km/hr respectively. x = and v =
Then, time taken by X to cover 30 km 3 5

30 1 1
= hours  y  5  y = 5.
x
And, time taken by Y to cover 30 km
10
30 Hence, X’s speed = km/hr and
3
= y hours
Y’s speed = 5 km/hr.
By the given conditions, we have Ex. 17: After covering a distance of 30 km with
a uniform speed there is some defect
30 30 in a trai n engine and therefore, its
 3
x y

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4
speed is reduced to of its original
10 10 5
or, x  y  1 .... (i) speed. Consequently, the train reaches
it s destinat ion late by 45 m inutes.
If X doubles his pace, then speed of X
Had it happened aft er cov er ing 18
= 2x km/hr
kilometres more, the train would have
 Time taken by X to cover 30 km
reached 9 minutes earlier. Find the
30 speed of the train and the distance of
= hours journey.
2x
Time taken by Y to cover 30 km Soln: Let the original speed of the train be x
km/hr and the distance of the journey be
30
= y
y hours y km. Then, time taken = hours.

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x
According to the giv en conditions, we
Case I: When defect in the engine occurs
have
after covering 30 km.
30 30 1 Speed for first 30 km = x km/hr
 1 and, speed for the remaining (y - 30) km
y 2x 2
4
30 30 3 = x km/hr
or,   5
y 2x 2
30
10 5 1  Time taken to cover 30 km = hours
  x
or, y x 2 Time taken to cover (y - 30) km
10 20 y  30 5
or,  x  y  1 .... (ii) =
4x
hours = (y - 30) hours
4x
5
1 1
Putting  u and  v , equations (i) According to the given condition, we have
x y
30 5 y 45
and (ii) become:  (y  30 )  
10u – 10v = 1 .... (iii) x 4x x 60
–10u + 20v = 1 ... (iv) 30 5y  150 y 3
or,   
Adding (iii) and (iv), we get: x 4x x 4
1
10v – 2 = 0  v  . 120  5y  150 4y  3x
5 or, 
4x 4x
1 or, 5y – 30 = 4y + 3x
Putting v  in (iii), we get:
5 or, 3x – y + 30 = 0
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Case II: When defect in the engine occurs Total time taken by the train if no accident
after covering 48 km.
d 
Speed for first 48 km = x km/hr happens =   hours
Speed for the remaining (y – 48) km x 
Case I:
4x
= km/hr Time taken by the train to cover the whole
5 length of the trip
48
 Time taken to cover 48 km = hours  
x  (d  3x ) 
=  3  1  hours
Time taken to cover (y - 48) km  75 
x
 100  
 
 y  48   5(y  48 ) 
=   hour =   hour  4(d  3x ) 
 4x   4x  = 4   hours
   3x 
 5 
Now, according to the question,
According to the given condition, the train
now reaches 9 minutes earlier ie it is 36 4(d  3x ) d
4  4
minutes late. 3x x

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48 5(y  48) y 36 4d  12x d
   or, 
x 4x x 60 3x x
or, 4d – 12x = 3d
48 5y  240 y 3
or,    or, d = 12x .... (i)
x 4x x 5 Case II:
192  5y  240 5y  3x If the train had covered 150 km more
or,  before the accident then the distance of
4x 5x
the accident = (3x + 150) km
5y  48 5y  3x Remaining distance
or,  = (d – (3x + 15)) km
4 5
Time taken to cover the whole length of
or, 25y - 240 = 20y + 12x the trip
or, 12x - 5y + 240 = 0

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Thus, we have the following system of 3x  150 d  (3x  150 )
1
simultaneous equations: x 75
x
3x - y + 30 = 0 ... (i) 100
12x - 5y + 240 = 0 ... (ii)
Now, according to the question,
On solving equations (i) and (ii), we have,
x = 30 and y = 120 3x  150 d  (3x  150 ) d 7
1  
Hence, the original speed of the train is x 3x x 2
30 km/hr and the length of the journey 4
is 120 km.
Ex. 18: A train met with an accident 3 hours 3x  150 4d  12x  600 d 7
after starting, which detains it for one or,    1
x 3x x 2
hour, after which it proceed at 75% of
its original speed. It arriv es at the 3x  150 4  12x  12x  600
or, 
dest i nat i on 4 hours l at e. Had t he x 3x
accident taken place 150 km farther 12x 5
along the railway line, the train would  
x 2
1
have arrived only 3
2
hours late. Find  d  12x 
the length of the trip and the original 9x  450  36x  600 29
or, 
speed of the train. 3x 2
Soln: Let the length of the trip be d km and the
original speed of the train be x km/hr. 3x  150  12x  200 29
or, 
As the accident takes place after 3 hours. x 2
 distance covered in 3 hours by the train
= (3 × x) = 3x km 3x  150  12x  200 29
or, 
Remaining distance = (d - 3x) km x 2
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15 x  50 29 6D
or,  or, V(V  6)  4
x 2
or, 30x - 100 = 29x
or, x = 100 4V(V  6)
 D= ....(i)
Hence, speed = 100 km/hr and the length 6
of the trip (d) = 12x = 12 × 100 = 1200 km When the person moves 6 km/hr slower,
Ex. 19: A train covered a certain distance at a then
uniform speed. If the train would have
been 6 km/hr fast er, it would have D D
 6
taken 4 hours less than the scheduled V6 V
time. And, if the train were slower by 6
D D
km/hr, it would have taken 6 hours or,  6
more than the scheduled time. Find the V6 V
length of the journey. D(V  V  6)
Soln: Let t he act ual speed of t he t rain be or, 6
x km/hr and the actual time taken be y V(V  6)
hours. Then, or, D = V(V – 6) ....(ii)
Distance = (xy) km ... (i) Combining equations (i) and (ii), we get
[  Distance = speed × time]

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4V(V  6)
If the speed is increased by 6 km/hr, then  V(V  6)
time of journey is reduced by 4 hours ie 6
when speed is (x + 6) km/hr, t ime of or, 4V + 24 = 6V – 36
journey is (y - 4) hours. or, 2V = 60
 Distance = (x + 6) (y - 4) km
60
or, xy = (x + 6) (y – 4) [Using (i)]  V = = 30
or, –4x + 6y – 24 = 0 2
or, –2x + 3y – 12 = 0 ... (ii) Hence original speed = 30 km/hr
When the speed is reduced by 6 km/hr, Putting the value of V in equation (ii), we
then the time of journey is increased by 6 have
hours ie when speed is (x - 6) km/hr, D = 30 (30 – 6) = (30 × 24) = 720 km
time of journey is (y + 6) hours Ex. 20: A hare sees a dog 100 metres away
 Distance = (x – 6) (y + 6) from her and scuds off in the opposite

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or, xy = (x – 6) (y + 6) [Using (i)] direction at a speed of 12 km an hour.
or, 6x – 6y – 36 = 0 A minute later the dog perceives her
or, x – y – 6 = 0 .... (iii) and gives chase at a speed of 16 km
On solving equations (ii) and (iii), we get per hour . How soon wi l l t he dog
x = 30 and y = 24. ov er t ake t he har e, and at what
Putting the values of x and y in (i), we distance from the spot whence the hare
obtain took flight?
Distance = (30 × 24) km = 720 km. Soln: Suppose the hare at H sees the dog at D.
Hence, the length of the journey is 720
km.
Alternative Method:  DH = 100 metres.
Let the original speed and distance be V Let K be the position of the hare where
km/hr and D km respectively. the dog sees her.
Time taken to complete the whole journey  HK = the distance gone by the hare in 1
D minute.
= hours 12  1000
V =  1 m = 200 m.
When the train moves 6 km/hr faster, 60
 DK = 100 m + 200 m = 300 m
then
The hare thus has a start of 300 m.
D D Now the dog gains (16 - 12) or 4 km in an
 4 hour.
V6 V
D D 60  300
or,   4  the dog will gain 300 m in or
V 6 V 4  1000
D(V  V  6) 1
or,  4 4 minutes.
V(V  6) 2
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Again, the distance gone by the hare in DH = 100 metres.

Let K be the position when the dog sees
1 hare.
4 minutes.
2
1
12  1000 1 HK = distance gone by hare in min
2
= 4 m = 900 m.
60 2
12  1000 1
 distance of the place where the hare is =  = 100 metres
caught from the spot H whence the hare 60 2
took flight DK = 100 metres + 100 metres = 200 metres
= (200 + 900) m = 1100 m. The hare thus has a strat of 200 metres.
Ex. 21: A hare, pursued by a grey-hound, is 50 Now the dog gains (16 – 12) or 4 km in an
of her own leaps ahead of him. While hour
the hare takes 4 leaps the grey-hound  Distance gained by dog in 1 min
takes 3 leaps. In one leap the hare goes 4  1000 200
=  metres
3 3 60 3
1 metres and the grey-hound 2
4 4
200
metres. In how many leaps will the grey- Now metres is covered in time
3
hound overtake the hare?

K
= 1 min
3 175 200 metres is covered in time
Soln: 50 leaps of the hare = 50  1 m= m
4 2
1 3
=  200 = 3 min.
175 200
 the grey-hound should gain m over
2 Hence, dog will catch hare in 3 minutes.
the hare. Ex. 23: Two guns were fir ed from the same
Now the grey-hound takes 3 leaps whilst place at an interval of 13 minutes but
the hare takes 4 leaps. a person in a train approaching the
 the grey-hound takes 1 leap whilst the place hears t he second r epor t 12
minutes 30 seconds after the first. Find
4 the speed of the train, supposing that
hare takes leaps.
3 sound travels 330 metres per second.

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Soln: It is easy to see that the distance travelled
3 by the train in 12 min 30 seconds could
 the grey-hound goes 2 m whilst the
4 be travelled by sound in (13 min - 12 min
30 seconds) or 30 seconds.
4 3
hare goes 1 m  the train travels 330 × 30 metres in
3 4
1
12 min.
 3 4 3 2
 the grey-hound gains  2   1  or
 4 3 4  the speed of the train per hour
5 330  30  2  60
m in one leap. =
12 25  1000

175 1188 13
 t he gr ey-hound gains m in = or 47 km per hour
2 25 25
Ex. 24: A carriage driving in a fog passed a
 175 12  man who was walking at the rate of 3
    210 leaps.
 2 5  km an hour in the same direction. He
Ex. 22: A hare starts to run at 12 km per hour could see the carriage for 4 minutes
when a dog is 100 metres off. After and i t was v i si bl e t o hi m upt o a
half a minute the dog sees hare and distance of 100 m. What was the speed
pursues at 16 km per hour. How soon of the carriage?
will he catch hare? Soln: The dist ance t rav elled by man in 4
Soln: Suppose the hare H sees the dog at D. minutes
3  1000
=  4 metres = 200 metres.
60
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 distance travelled by carr iage in 4  Distance covered in 1 hour

minutes x
= (200 + 100) or 300 metres. = km
50  15
 speed of carriage In the second case:
300 60 Distance to be covered = 2x km
=  km per hour
4 1000 x x
Speed = 2   km/hr
1 50  15 25  15
= 4 km per hour. Number of hours he walks per day
2
= (24 – 2 × 9 =) 6 hours
Ex. 25: Two trains start at the same time, one  Distance covered in 1 day
from A to B and the other from B to A.
x
If they arrive at B and A respectively 5 = 6 km
hours and 20 hours after they passed 25  15
each other. Show that one travels twice 6x
as fast as the other. Now km is covered in 1 day
25  15
Soln: Let the two trains be P and Q.
 2x km shall be covered in
2x  25  15
= = 125 days.
6x

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Let the train P starts from A and Q starts
from B and they meet at C. Ex. 27: A person walks from A to B at the rate
Let P’s speed be x km per hour and Q’s of 3 kmph and after transacting some
speed be y km per hour. business which occupies him an hour,
 BC = 5x km; AC = 20y km returns to A by tramway at the rate of
Now time taken by P to travel a distance 5 kmph. He then finds that he has been
absent for 2 hours 20 minutes. Find
20y
20y = hours the distnace from A to B.
x Soln: We have average speed
And time taken by Q to travel a distance
 2 3 5 
=    3.75 kmph
5x  35 
5x = y hours
The time for which he travels

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Since both start at the same time and meet,
 1  1
those two times must be equal. = 2 1  1 hours
 3  3
20y 5 x
 
x y 1  1 
Distance =   3.75  1   = 2.5 km
2
or, 5x = 20y 2 2
  3 
Note: In calculating distance we have
x2
or, 2 = 4  1 1
y multiplied  3.75  1  by . Because we
 3 2
x 2 will get twice the distance otherwise.
or, 
y 1 Ex. 28: A person has to reach a place 40 km
away. He walks at the rate of 4 km/hr
Ex. 26: A can walk a certain distance in 50
for the first 16 km and then travels in a
days when he rests 9 hours each day,
scoot er for t he r est of t he j our ney.
how long it will take for him to walk
However, if he had travelled by scooter
twice as far if he walks twice as fast
for the 16 km and covered the remaining
and rests twice as long each day?
distance on foot at 4 km/hr, he would
Soln: Suppose initially he covers x km in 50
have taken an hour longer to complete
days
t he j our ney. Find the speed of t he
x scooter.
 Distance covered in 1 day = km Soln: Total distance covered = 40 km
50
Since he rests for 9 hours, Distance covered on foot = 16 km
 Distance covered in (24 – 9 =) 15 hours  Distance covered in a scooter
= 40 km – 16 km = 24 km
x Suppose speed of the scooter
= km
50 = x km per hour
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Now, according to the question,

x
speed of the man = 4 km per hour km/hr and km at a speed of 24 km/hr.
Then time taken in the first case 2
Then, time t aken to tr av el t he whole
16 24  24 
=   4   hours
4 x  x   x x 
journey =    hours
Also time taken in the second case  2  21 2  24 
Now, according to the question,
16 24  16 
=    6  hours x x
x 4  x   = 10
Since the time taken in the second case 2  21 2  24
is one hour longer 24x  21x
or, = 10
 16   24  21  24  2
   6   4   1
 x   x 
2  10  21  24
 x =  224 km.
16 24 21  24
or, 64 = 1
x x Ex. 31: A monkey tries to ascend a greased pole
14 metres high. He ascends 2 metres
16 24 in first minute and slips down 1 metre
or,  = 1 – 6 + 4

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x x in the alternate minute. If he continues
to ascend in this fashion, how long
8 does he take to reach the top?
or,  1
x Soln: In every 2 minutes he is able to ascend
(2 – 1 =) 1 metre. This way he ascends
8
or, =1 upto 12 metres because when he reaches
x at the top, he does not slip down. Thus,
or, x = 8 upt o 12 met res he takes 12 × 2 = 24
Hence, speed of the scooter minutes and for the last 2 metres he takes
= 8 km per hour. 1 minute. Therefore, he takes (24 + 1 =)
Ex. 29: A boy goes to school at a speed of 3 25 minutes to reach the top. That is, in
km/hr and returns to the village at a 26th minute he reaches the top.
speed of 2 km/hr. If he takes 5 hours Ex. 32: Two runners cover the same distance

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in all, what is the distance between the at the rate of 15 km and 16 km per
village and the school? hour respectively. Find the distance
Soln: Let the required distance be x km. travelled when one takes 16 minutes
Then time taken during the first journey longer than the other.
Soln: Let the distance be x km.
x
= hour. x
3
Time taken by the first runner = hours
And time taken during the second journey 15
x Time taken by the second runner
= hour.
2 x
= hours
x x 16
  5
3 2 Now, according to the question,

2x  3x x x 16
5  
or, 15 16 60
6
or, 5x  30 x (16  15 ) 16
or, 
 x = 6 15  16 60
 required distance = 6 km
Ex. 30: A motor car does a journey in 10 hours, 16
x=  15  16 = 64 km.
the fi rst half at 21 km/hr and t he 60
second half at 24 km /hr . Fi nd t he Ex. 33: Without any stoppage a person travels
distance. a certain distance at an average speed
Soln: Let the distance be x km. of 80 km/hr and with stoppages he
x covers the same distance at an average
Then km is travelled at a speed of 21 speed of 60 km/hr. How many minutes
2 per hour does he stop?
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Soln: Let the total distance be x km.

 3  2
Time taken at the speed of 80 km/hr Remaining distance = 1    of the
 5 5
x
= hours. total distance
80
2 5 2
Time taken at the speed of 60 km/hr  of the total distance= 390  
5 3 5
x
= hours. = 260 km.
60  av er age speed f or t he remaining
 x x   260 
 he rested for    hours distance =    65 km/hr.
 60 80   4 
20x x Ex. 36: When a man travels equal distance at
=  hours speeds V 1 and V 2 km/hr, his average
60  80 240 speed is 4 km/hr. But when he travels
 his rest per hour at t hese speeds for equal ti m e hi s
x x x 60 average speed is 4.5 km/hr. Find the
=    difference of the two speeds and also
240 60 240 x
find the values of V1 and V2 .
Soln: Suppose the equal distance = D km

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1
= hours = 15 minutes. Then time taken with V 1 and V 2 speeds
4
Ex. 34: A man rode out a certain distance by D D
train at the rate of 25 km an hour and are V hours and V hours respectively.
1 2
walked back at the rate of 4 km per
hour. The whole journey took 5 hours Total distance
and 48 minutes. What distance did he  average speed =
Total time
ride?
Soln: Let the distance be x km. 2D 2V1V2
   4 km/hr
Then time spent in journey by train D D V1  V2

x V1 V2
= hours.
25 In second case,

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And time spent in journey by walking V1  V2
average speed =  4.5 km/hr
x 2
= hours.
4 or, V1 + V2 = 9 and V1 V2 = 18

x x Now, V1  V2 2  V1  V2 2  4V1V2

Therefore,   5 hours 48 minutes.
25 4 = 81 – 72 = 9
29x 48 29  V1  V2  3 km/hr .....(i) and
or, 5 
100 60 5 V1 + V2 = 9 km/hr .....(ii)
On solving equations (i) and (ii), we have
100 V1 = 6 km/hr and V2 = 3 km/hr.
 x   20 km
5 Ex. 37: A m an t akes 8 hours t o walk t o a
Ex. 35: A person travels for 3 hours at the certain place and ride back. However,
speed of 40 km/hr and for 4.5 hours he could have gained 2 hours, if he had
at the speed of 60 km/hr. At the end of covered both ways by riding. How long
woul d he hav e t aken t o walk bot h
3 ways?
it, he finds that he has covered of
5 Soln: Walking time + Riding time
the total distance. At what average = 8 hours .... (1)
speed should he travel to cover the 2 Riding time = (8 – 2 =) 6 hours .... (2)
remaining distance in 4 hours? 2 × (1) – (2) gives the result
Soln: Total distance covered in (3 + 4.5) hours 2 × walking time = (2 × 8 – 6 =) 10 hours.
= 3 × 40 + 4.5 × 60 = 390 km.  both ways walking will take 10 hours.
Now, according to the question, Ex. 38: A person travelled 120 km by steamer,
450 km by train and 60 km by horse.
3
of the distance = 390 km It took 13 hours 30 minutes. If the rate
5 of the train is 3 times that of the horse
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and 1.5 times that of the steamer, find Ex. 40: A per son cov ers a di stance i n 40
the rate of horse, train and steamer minutes if he runs at a speed of 45 km
per hour. per hour on an average. Find the speed
Soln: Suppose the speed of horse = x km/hr. at which he must run to reduce the time
Then speed of the train = 3x km/hr of journey to 30 minutes.
and speed of the steamer = 2x km/hr Soln: Let the distance be D km.
Now, according to the question,
D 40 2
120 450 60 = 40 minutes = 
   13.5 hours 45 60 3
2x 3x x
(Since 13 hours 30 minutes = 13.5 hours) 2
 D =  45 = 30 km
360  900  360 3
or,  13.5
6x Let the required speed be x km per hour.
Now, according to the question,
1620
 x   20
1
6  13.5 x = 30
Hence, speed of horse = 20 km/hr 2
 Speed of train = 3x = 3 × 20
= 60 km/hr  1 
Speed of steamer = 2x = 2 × 20  30 minutes  2 hour 
 

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= 40 km/hr  x = 30 × 2 = 60 km/hr.
Ex. 39: A man covers a certain distance on Ex. 41: The distance between t wo st ati ons,
scooter. Had he moved 3 km/hr faster, Delhi and Amritsar, is 450 km. A train
he would have taken 40 minutes less. starts at 4 pm from Delhi and moves
If he had moved 2 km/hr slower, he towards Amritsar at an average speed
would have taken 40 minutes more. of 60 km/hr. Another train starts from
Find the distance (in km) and original Amr i t sar at 3.20 pm and m ov es
speed. towards Delhi at an average speed of
Soln: Suppose the distance is D km and the 80 km/hr. How far from Delhi will the
initial speed is x km/hr. two trains meet and at what time?
D D 40 Soln: Suppose the trains meet at a distance of x
Then, we have   and km from Delhi. Let the trains from Delhi
x  3 x 60
and Amritsar be A and B respectively.

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D D 40 Th en ,
 
x  2 x 60 [Time taken by B to cover (450 – x) km]
– [Time taken by A to cover x km]
D D 2
or,  
x x 3 3 40
= ..... (see note)
3D 2 60
or, x (x  3)  3 .... (1)
450  x x 40
or,  
D D 2 80 60 60
and  
x 2 x 3  3(450 – x) – 4x = 160
or, 7x = 1190
2D 2 or, x = 170.
or, x (x  2)  3 .... (2) Thus, the trains meet at a distance of 170
km from Delhi.
From (1) and (2), we have
Time taken by A to cover 170 km
3D 2D
  170 
x (x  3) x ( x  2) =   hours = 2 hours 50 min.
 60 
or, 3(x  2)  2(x  3)
So, the trains meet at 6.50 pm
or, 3x  6  2x  6 Note: RHS = 4 : 00 pm – 3.20 pm
 x  12 km/hr 40
Now, if we put this value in (1), we get = 40 minutes = hour
60
2 12  15 LHS comes from the fact that the train
D =  = 40 km.
3 3 from Amritsar took 40 minutes more to
Hence, the distance is 40 km and the travel up to the meeting point because it
original speed is 12 km/hr. had started its journey at 3.20 pm whereas
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the train from Delhi had started its journey

300 x  1500  300 x
at 4 pm and the meeting time is the same or, 2
for both the trains. x 2  5x
Ex. 42: A man leaves a point P at 6 am and or, 2x2 + 10x = 1500
reaches the point Q at 10 am. Another or, x2 + 5x - 750 = 0
man leaves the point Q at 8 am and or, x2 + 30x - 25x - 750 = 0
reaches the point P at 12 noon. At what or, x(x + 30) - 25 (x + 30) = 0
time do they meet? or, (x - 25) (x + 30) = 0
Soln: Let the distance PQ be A km. or, x = 25 or x = -30.
And they meet x hours after the first man Negative value of x should be rejected.
starts. Hence, the original speed of the train is
Average speed of first man 25 km/hr.
Ex. 44: A fast train takes 3 hours less than a
A A
=  km/hr. slow train for a journey of 600 km. If
10  6 4 the speed of the slow train is 10 km/hr
Average speed of second man less than that of the fast train, find the
speeds of the two trains.
A A
=  km/hr. Soln: Let t he speed of t he slow tr ain be
12  8 4 x km/hr. Then, speed of the fast train is
(x + 10) km/hr.

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Ax
Distance travelled by first man = km Time taken by the slow train to cover 600
4
They meet x hours after the first man 600
km = hours.
starts. The second man, as he starts 2 x
hours late, meets after (x - 2) hours from Time taken by the fast train to cover 600
his start. Therefore, the distance travelled
by the second man 600
km = hours.
x  10
A(x  2)
= km Now, according to the question,
4
600 600
Ax A(x  2)  3
Now,  km = A x x  10
4 4
600( x  10 )  600 x

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or, 2x – 2 = 4 3
or, x (x  10 )
 x = 3 hours.
 They meet at 6 am + 3 hours = 9 am
Ex. 43: A train travels a distance of 300 km 6000
or, 3
at constant speed. If the speed of the x 2  10 x
train is increased by 5 km an hour,
the journey would have taken 2 hours or, 3(x 2  10 x )  6000
less. Find the ori ginal speed of the
train. or, x 2  10x  2000  0
Soln: Let x km/hr be the constant speed of the
or, x 2  50x  40x  2000  0
train.
Then, time taken to cover 300 km or, x x  50   40 x  50   0
300 or, (x + 50) (x - 40) = 0
= hours. or, x = –50 or x = 40
x
or, x = 40
Time taken to cover 300 km when the
[  x cannot be negative]
speed is increased by 5 km/hr
or, Hence, the speeds of two trains are 40
300 km/hr and 50 km/hr.
= hours. Ex. 45: A plane left 30 minutes later than the
x 5
It is given that the time to cover 300 km schedule time and in order to reach its
is reduced by 2 hours. destination 1500 km away in time it
has to increase its speed by 250 km/hr
300 300 from its usual speed. Find its usual
  2
x x 5 speed.
Soln: Let t he usual speed of the plane be
300(x  5)  300 x x km/hr. Then,
or, 2
x (x  5 )
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Time taken to cover 1500 km with the or, x = 600

1500 or, x = -400
usual speed = hours or, x = 600
x
Time taken to cover 1500 km with the [  x cannot be negative]
So, the original speed of the aircraft was
150 600 km/hr.
speed of (x + 250) km/hr =
x  250
 600 
1500 1500 1 Hence, duration of flight =   hour
    x 
x x  250 2
1500 1500 1  600 
or,   =   hour = 1 hour.
x x  250 2  600 
Ex. 47: Two trains leave a railway station at
1500 x  1500  250  1500 x 1 the same time. The first train travels
or, 
x (x  250 ) 2 due west and t he second t r ai n due
north. The first train travels 5 km/hr
1500  250 1 faster than the second train. If after
or, 
x 2  250 x 2 two hours, they are 50 km apart, find
2
or, 750000 = x + 250x the average speed of each train.
Soln: Let t he speed of the second t rain be

K
or, x2 + 250x – 750000 = 0
or, x2 + 1000x – 750x – 750000 = 0 x km/hr. Then, the speed of the first train
or, x(x + 1000) - 750 (x + 1000) = 0 is (x + 5) km/hr.
or, (x + 1000) (x - 750) = 0 Let O be the position of the railway station
or, x = -1000 or x = 750 from which the two trains leave.
or, x = 750 Distance travelled by the first train in 2
hours
[  speed cannot be negative]
= OA = speed × time = 2(x + 5) km
Hence, the usual speed of the plane is
Distance travelled by the second train in
750 km/hr.
2 hours
Ex. 46: In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was
= OB = speed × time = 2x km
slowed down due to bad weather. Its
By Pythagoras Theorem,
average speed for the trip was reduced
AB2 = OA2 + OB2
by 200 km/hr and the time of flight

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i ncr eased by 30 m inut es. Fi nd t he
duration of flight.
Soln: Let the original speed of the aircraft be x
km/hr.
Then, new speed = (x – 200) km/hr
Duration of flight at original speed
 600 
=   hour
 x 
Duration of flight at reduced speed
 600 
=   hour
 x  200  or,502 = [2(x + 5)]2 + {2x}2
or,2500 = 4(x + 5)2 + 4x2
600 600 1
   or,8x2 + 40x – 2400 = 0
x  200 x 2 or,x2 + 5x – 300 = 0
or,x2 + 20x – 15x – 300 = 0
600 x  600(x  200 ) 1
or,  or,x(x + 20) – 15 (x + 20) = 0
x (x  200 ) 2 or,(x + 20) (x – 15) = 0
or,x = –20 or x = 15
120000 1
or,  [  x cannot be negative]
x 2  200 x 2 Hence, the speed of the second train is
or, x2 – 200x – 240000 = 0 15 km/hr and the speed of the first train
or, x2 - 600x + 400x - 240000 = 0 is 20 km/hr.
or, x(x - 600) + 400 (x - 600) = 0 Ex. 48: A walks half a kmph faster than B and
or, (x - 600) (x + 400) = 0 three quarters of a kmph faster than
or, x - 600 = 0 or x + 400 = 0 C. To walk a certain distance C takes
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three quarters of an hour more than B

or, 4y 2  17y  4  0
and two hours more than A. Find the
distance covered and the time taken 1
by B. Also find his speed. or, y  4,
Soln: Let the speed of B be y kmph 4
Now f r om (5), d = 45 and f r om (3),
 1
 Speed of A =  y   kmph and 1
 2 T = 10 hours. (y = is not possible).
4
 1 Ex. 49: A man started from his house to his
speed of B =  y   kmph and
 2 workplace 8 km away at the rate of 4
kmph so as to reach just in time. After
1 3 1 5 minutes he realised that he had left
speed of C = y   y kmph
2 4 4 some important documents at home,
Let the distance travelled be d km and so he turned back, and now walking
time for A is T. at an increased speed, still succeeded
in reaching his workplace in time. What
d 2d was his increased speed?
Now, for A, T =  ... (1)
1 2y  1 Soln:
y
2

K For C, T + 2 =

or, T 

and for B,

T
4d
4y  1

5 d

4 y
y

2 
d
1
4


4d  8y  2
4y  1

d 5
or, T  y  4
4d
4y  1

... (2)
Let A be the house and B be the workplace.
The workplace is 8 km away. Had he
walked all the way at 4 kmph he would
have t aken 2 hour s to r each his
workplace, which would be just in time.
Therefore, total time = 2 hours
Referring to the above diagram, the total
4d  54 time is made up

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or, T  4y ... (3) (i) walking from A to C for 5 minutes

From (1) and (2), 5 1

= hours = hours
60 12
2d 4d  8y  2
 now, 4 km in 1 hour
2y  1 4y  1
or, d (4y - 1) = (2y + 1) (2d - 4y + 1) 1 1
 km in hours
or, 4dy - d = 4dy - 8y2 + 2y + 2d - 4y + 1 3 12
or, 8y2 + 2y - 3d - 1 = 0 1
8y 2  2y  1 Distance AC = km
or, d = .... (4) 3
3 (ii) If x is the increased speed, time for
and from (2) and (3) walking from C to A
4d  8y  2 4d  5y AC 1
 x hours
4y  1 4y = hours =
x 3
or, 16dy  32y 2  8y  16dy  20y 2  4d  5y (iii) Walking from A to B time taken
AB 8
or, 12y 2  3y  4d  0 =  hours
x x
12y 2  3y Now, according to the question,
or, d  .... (5)
4 1 1 8
From (4) and (5), 2  
12 3x x
8y 2  2y  1 12y 2  3y

3 4 8
 x = 4 kmph
or, 32y 2  8y  4  36y 2  9y 23
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Ex. 50: Dinky is picked up by his father by car
from school everyday and they reach
home at 5.00 pm. One day, since school
got over an hour earlier than usual, he
start ed walki ng towar ds home at 3
kmph. He met his father on the way
and t hey r eached home 15 mi nut es
earlier than their usual time. What is
the speed of the car?
Soln:
Let the speed of car be sd and the speed
of Dinky be s w
 s w = 3 kmph
K
Ref er ring t o the abov e diagr am, if A
represents the home and B represents the
school, the father starts at his usual time
but meets his son on the way at C. So, in
going from A to C and back to A he saves
the time he would have used commuting
from C to B and back to C. Since they
reach back 15 minutes earlier than usual,
ie the time saved = 15 minutes. Therefore
time taken to drive from C to B and back
is 15 minutes. Therefore time taken to
15
drive the distance BC = td =
2 2
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 td = 7.5 minutes
Dinky starts 1 hour earlier than usual.
Had he moved at driving speed, ie speed
of the car, he would have reached 1 hour
earlier. But he reaches only 15 minutes
earlier. Therefore he loses 45 minutes, ie
Practice Exercise
6
1. For a journey, walking of his usual speed,
7 4.
a man becomes late by 25 minutes. What is
his usual time taken for the journey?
2. A motorist covers a distance from A to B at a
speed of 20 km/hr and return journey from B
to A at a speed of 30 km/hr. If he takes 5
hours for the whole journey, find the distance
from A to B.
3. Shivangi starts from her house for her school
at a certain fixed time. If she walks at the
rate of 5 km/hr, she is late by 7 minutes.
However, if she walks at the rate of 6 km/hr,
she reaches the school 5 minutes earlier than
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by travelling partly by foot and partly by
car, he takes 45 minutes longer than if
he would hav e t r avelled t he whole
distance by car.
Therefore time taken to walk the distance
BC
= tw = (7.5 + 45 =) 52.5 minutes.
 tw = 52.5 minutes
But for a constant distance BC,
sd t
 w
sw td
sd 52.5
 
3 7.5
 s d = 21 kmph
Ex. 51: Two places P and Q are 162 km apart.
A train leaves P for Q and at the same
time another train leaves Q for P. Both
the trains meet 6 hours after they start
moving. If the train travelling from P
to Q travels 8 km/hr faster than the
other train, find the speed of the two
trains.
Soln: Suppose the speeds of the two trains are
x km/hr and y km/hr respectively.
Now,
Total distance travelled by both the trains
in 6 hours = (6x + 6y) km
Now, according to the question,
(6x + 6y) = 162
162
or, x  y   27 ....(i)
and x – y = 8 ....(ii)
Solving equations (i) and (ii), we have
x = 17.5 km/hr and
y = 9.5 km/hr.
Hence, speed of the two trains are 17.5
km/hr and 9.5 km/hr.
the scheduled time. What is the distance of
the school from her house?
I will reach my destination 40 minutes late if
I walk at the rate of 3 km/hr. However, I will
reach 30 minutes before time if I walk at the
rate of 4 km/hr. Find the distance of my
destination from the starting point.
5. A student travels to his school at a speed of 4
km/hr and reaches the school 15 minutes
late. On travelling at a speed of 6 km/hr, he
reaches the school 5 minutes early. At what
speed must he travel to reach the school just
in time?
6. A person travels a certain distance on a bicycle
at a certain speed. Had he moved 3 km/hr
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faster, he would have taken 40 minutes less.
Had he moved 2 km/hr slower, he would have
taken 40 minutes more. Find the distance
and original speed of the person.
7. Two places A and B are 80 km apart from
each other on a highway. A car starts from A
and another from B at the same time. If they
move in the same direction, they meet each
other in 8 hours. If they move in opposite
directions towards each other, they meet in
1 hour 20 minutes. Determine the speeds of
the cars.
8. A train covers a distance between stations A
and B in 45 minutes. If the speed is reduced
by 5 km/hr, it will cover the same distance
in 48 minutes. What is the distance between
the two stations A and B (in km)? Also, find
the speed of the train.
9. A car covering half of a distance of 100 km
develops some engine trouble and later travels
station B meets with an accident one hour
after starting. After stopping there for 30
4
minutes, it proceeds at of its usual speed
5
and arrives at B 2 hours late. Had the train
covered 80 km more before the accident, it
would have been just one hour late. Determine
the original speed of the train and the distance
between A and B.
17. A train after travelling 50 km meets with an
3
accident and then proceeds at of its former
4
speed and ar r ives at it s dest inat ion 25
minutes late. Had the accident occurred 24
km behind, it would hav e reached the
destination only 35 minutes late. Find the
speed of the train and the distance travelled
by the train.
18. Ravi can walk a certain distance in 40 days,

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when he rests 9 hours a day. How long will
at half of its original speed. As a result, it
he take to walk twice the distance, twice as
arrives 2 hours later than its normal time.
fast and rest twice as long each day?
What was the original speed of the car?
19. Two men set out at the same time to walk
1 1 towards each other from two points A and B,
10. A train covers a distance of 193 km in 4 72 km apart. The first man walks at the rate
3 4
hours with one stoppage of 10 minutes, two of 4 km/hr. The second man walks 2 km in
of 5 minutes and one of 3 minutes on the 1
way. Find the average speed of the train. the first hour, 2 km in the second hour, 3
2
11. Distance between two places X and Y is 60
km in the third hour and so on. Find the
km. Two persons A and B start from X towards
time after which the two men will meet.
Y at the same time. Speed of B is 4 km/hr
20. Two trains start out towards each other from
less than the speed of A. A reaches Y, returns

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points 650 km apart. If they start out at the
at once and meets B at a distance of 12 km
same time, they will meet in 10 hours, but if
from Y. What is the speed of B?
one of them starts out 4 hours and 20 minutes
12. An army bomb squad man set a fuse f or
after the other, they will pass each other 8
blasting a rock to take place after one minute.
hours following the departure of the latter.
He ran away from the site at the speed of 13
Determine the average speed of each other.
m/s. Sound travels at the speed of 325 m/s.
21. Distance between two stations X and Y is
Upto what distance could the army man run,
220 km. Trains P and Q leave station X at 8
before he heard the sound of blast?
am and 9.51 am respectively at the speed of
13. On a particular day a person starts walking
25 km/hr and 20 km/hr respectively f or
from a place X at 2 am and reaches place Y at
journey towards Y. A train R leaves station Y
5 am. A second person starts walking from a
at 11.30 am at a speed of 30 km/hr for journey
place Y at 4 am and reaches place X at 9 am
towards X. When and where will P be at equal
on the same day. At what time do they cross
distance from Q and R.
each other?
22. Two places P and Q are 336 km apart. A train
14. A covers some distance in 50 days when he
leaves P for Q and at the same time another
rests 9 hours a day. In how many days will
train leaves Q for P. Both trains meet at the
he cover the double distance by resting twice
end of the 6 hours. If one train travels 8 km/hr
as before?
faster than the other, find the speeds of the
15. A man travelled a total distance of 3990 km,
other trains.
part of it by air, part by water and the rest by
23. On a 2-km road, a total number of 201 trees
land. The time he spent in travelling by air,
are planted on each side of the road at equal
water and land was in rat io 1 : 16 : 2
distances. How many such trees in all will
respectively and the average speed of each
be planted on both sides of a 50-km road such
mode of travel was in the ratio 20 : 1 : 3
that the distance between two consecutive
respectively. If his overall average speed was
trees is the same as that of the consecutive
42 km/hr, find the distance covered by water.
trees on the 2-km road?
16. A goods train travelling from station A to
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Answers and explanations

1. Let the usual speed of the person be x km/hr Since the difference between the two times
and the distance of his journey be D km. taken is (7 + 5 =) 12 minutes
D  12x – 10x = 12
His usual time to cover the distance =   hour or, 2x = 12
x 
Now, according to the question, 12
x = = 6
2
6 6  Hence, the required distance is 6 km.
Speed = of his usual speed =  x  km/hr
7 7  Alternative Method:
Time taken to cover the distance D km Let x km be the distance between her house
and school and t hours be the time required
  to reach the school from her house.
 D  7D
=   hour When Shivangi walks at 5 km/hr, then
 6x  6x x 7
  t
 7  ....(i)
5 60
Again, When Shivangi walks at 6 km/hr, then
7D D  25  x 5

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   t
6x x  60  6 60
D7  5 x 1
or,   1  or t ....(ii)
x 6  12 6 12
Subtracting equation (ii) from equation (i), we
D  5  5
or,   6  hours get
x  12  2
x x  7   1 
  t    t  
1 5 6  60   12 
 Usual time = 2 hours.
2
x 1 7 5  7 12 1
2. Let the distance from A and B is x km. or,     
30 12 60 60 60 5
 Time taken to cover the distance from A to
30
x x = = 6

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B at 20 km/hr = hours. 5
20 Hence the required distance = 6 km
And time taken to cover the distance from B 4. Let the required distance be x km.
x Difference of time taken at different speeds
to A at 30 km/hr = hours. = (40 + 30) minutes = 70 minutes
30
 Total time taken = 5 hours. (Given) 70 7
= hours = hours
60 6
x x
  5
20 30 x
Time taken at 3 km/hr = hours
3x  2x 3
5
60 x
or, 5x = 60 × 5 = 300 Time taken at 4 km/hr = hours
4
300 According to the question,
or, x = = 60 km
5
x x 7
3. Let the required distance be x km.  
3 4 6
x
Time taken to walk at 5 km/hr = hours 4x  3x 7
5 or, 
12 6
x 
=   60  minutes = 12x minutes x 7
5  
or,
12 6
x
Time taken to walk at 6 km/hr = hours
6 7
or, x =  12 = 14
x  6
=   60  minutes = 10x minutes  Distance of the destination = 14 km
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5. Let the distance of the school be x km.

2V V  3
x or, D  ....(i)
Time taken in first case = hours 9
4 When the person moves 2km/hr slower, then
15 1 D D 40
But this time is 15 minutes late or   
60 4 V  2 V 60
hours late
D D 2
 Actual time for reaching the school in time or,  
V2 V 3
x 1
should be    hours D D 2
4 4 or,  
V2 V 3
x
Time taken in second case = hours DV  DV  2D 2
6 
or, V(V  2) 3
 5  1
But this time is 5 minutes early or  
 60  12 2D 2
or, V(V  2)  3
hours early.
 Actual time for reaching the school in time

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V(V  2)
x 1  or, D  ....(ii)
should be    hours 3
 6 12  Combining equations (i) and (ii), we get
From the above, we have
2V(V  3) V(V  2)

x 1 x 1  9 3
    
 4 4   6 12  or, 2(V + 3) = 3(V – 2)
or, 2V + 6 = 3V – 6
x  1 2x  1
or,  or, 3V – 2V = 6 + 6
4 12 or, V = 12 km/hr
or, 12x  12  8x  8 Putting the value of V in equation (ii),
or, 4x  20 12  10
we get D = = 40 km.

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or, x = 5 km 3
 The distance of the school be 5 km and 7. Case I: When the cars are moving in the same
(x  1) direction.
actual time to reach school in time =
4
= 1 hour
 The required speed is 5 km/hr.
6. Let t he or iginal speed and distance be Let A and B be two places and C be the place
V km/hr and D km respectively. of meeting.
Time taken to complete the whole journey Let the speed of car starting from A be x km/hr
D and the car starting form B be y km/hr.
= hours. Relative speed = (x – y) km/hr
V
When the person moves 3 km/hr faster, then According to the question,
(x – y) × 8 = 80
D D 40 or, x – y = 10 ...(i)
 
V  3 V 60 Case II: When the cars are moving in the
opposite directions and they meet at point C.
D D 2
or,  
V3 V 3
Relative speed = (x + y) km/hr
D D 2 Time taken = 1 hour 20 minutes
or,  
V V3 3
 1  4
DV  3D  DV 2 = 1    hours
  3  3
or, V V  3 3
Again, according to the question,
3D 2 4
or, V V  3  3 (x  y )   80
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or, x + y = 60 ...(ii)
Solving equations (i) and (ii), we have 580
x = 35 and y = 25  Average speed of the train = 3 km/hr
 Speeds of the cars 58
= 35 km/hr and 25 km/hr. 15
8. Suppose the distance is x km and the speed 580  15
of the train is y km/hr. = = 50 km/hr
Thus we have two relationships: 58  3
11.
x 45 3 3
(1)   x  y
y 60 4 4

x 48 4 4
(2)    x  (y  5)
y  5 60 5 5
From (1) and (2), we have
Let A and B meet after t hours.
3 4
y  (y  5 ) Let the speed of B be x km/hr.
4 5  Speed of A = (x + 4) km/hr
Distance covered by A in t hours = 60 + 12
4 3
or, y     4

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= 72 km
5 4 Distance covered by B in t hours = 60 – 12
= 48 km
4  20
or, y = = 80 km/hr Now, according to the question,
16  15 xt = 48 ....(i)
Therefore speed = 80 km/hr and distance (x + 4)t = 72 ....(ii)
3 On dividing equation (ii) by equation (i), we
x =  80 = 60 km have
4
9. Half of the original speed means double the x  4 72 3
 
normal time. It means that the car should x 48 2
have covered half of the distance of 100 km, or, 2x + 8 = 3x
ie 50 km, in 2 hours. or, x = 8
Hence, the original speed of the car  Speed of A = 8 km/hr

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 50  12. Time after which the bomb is set to explode
=   = 25 km/hr = 1 minute = 60 seconds
 2  Speed of the man = 13 m/sec
10. Distance covered by train Distance covered by man in 60 sec
1 580 = 13 × 60 = 780 metres
= 193 km = km So, distance to be travelled by sound before it
3 3
catches up with army man = 780 metres
Time taken by the train to cover this distance Speed of the sound = 325 m/sec (given)
1 17 Since the man and sound are travelling in
= 4 hours = hours the same direction, the relative speed of sound
4 4
= (325 – 13 =) 312 m/sec
Total stoppage during the journey Time taken by sound to travel 780 metres
= 10 × 1 + 5 × 2 + 3 × 1
780
23 = = 2.5 sec
= 23 minutes = hours 312
60
Now, dur ing t his time man would hav e
Actual time taken by the train to cover the travelled further. So, distance covered by man
above distance in 2.5 seconds = 2.5 × 13 = 32.5 m
17 23 The total distance travelled by man
=  = 780 + 32.5 = 812.5 metres.
4 60
13. X P Y
17  15  23 l l l
=
60 Let the speed of the person who starts from X
be x km/hr and speed of the person who starts
255  23 232 58 from Y be y km/hr.
=  = hours
60 60 15 Time taken by the person who starts from X
= 5 am – 2 am = 3 hours
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Time taken by the person who starts from Y 14. Let the distance for A be x km
= 9 am – 4 am = 5 hours Number of hours A walks daily = (24 – 9 =) 15
Again, let the distance between X and Y be D hours
km. Number of days = 50 days
Now, according to the question,
x
D D  Speed (in km/hr) = ..... (1)
50  15
x km/hr = and y km/hr =
3 5 In second situation
If the person starting from X reaches the Let the number of days be Y
meeting point after t hours, person starting Distance = 2x
from Y will reach the meeting point after Number of hours for which A walks daily = 6
(t – 2) hours. Since the person starting from hours
X starts moving at 2 am while the person  Speed in second case (in km/hr)
starting from Y starts moving at 4 am. And
Distance 2x
the difference of time = (4 am – 2 am)= 2 hours =  ..... (2)
 Dist ance (XP) t r avelled by t he person Time Y6
In both the cases, the speed remains the same
D 
starting from X =   t  km 2x 2x
3   
and the distance (YP) travelled by the person Y  6 50  15

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or, Y × 6 = 50 × 15
D 
starting from Y =  (t  2) km 50  15
5  or, Y = = 125 days
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Total distance travelled by both before meeting
= Distance travelled by person from X + 15. Total distance travelled = 3990 km
Distance travelled by person from Y Ratio of time spent in travelling by air, water
and land = 1 : 16 : 2
D  D  Ratio of respective speeds = 20 : 1 : 3
=   t     (t  2)  D
3  5  From the given fact, the ratio of respective
distances will be 20 : 16 : 6 = 10 : 8 : 3
 t t 2 Sum of the ratios = 10 + 8 + 3 = 21
or, D   D
3 5  Distance travelled by steamer will be
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t t 2
or,  1 = 3990  = 1520 km
3 5 21
16. Let the distance between station A and station
5t  3t  6 B be d km.
or, 1
15 Again, let the initial speed of the goods train
or, 8t – 6 = 15 be x km/hr.
or, 8t = 15 + 6 = 21 As the accident takes place after 1 hour
 distance covered in 1 hour by the goods
21 5 train = x km
or, t = 2 hours
8 8 Remaining distance = (d – x) km
Conv ert ing t his in hour s, minut es and Total time taken, if no accident happened
seconds, we get 2 hours 37 minutes and 30
d 
seconds. =   hours
x 
5 5  Case I:
[2 hours = 2 hours +   60  minutes
8 8  Time taken by the goods train to cover the
distance
 75  1
= 2 hours +    37 minutes
 2  2 30 d  x
= 1 
60 4x
1 5
= 2 hours + 37 minutes + minutes
2
 1 5(d  x ) 
= 1   hours
1   2 4x 
= 2 hours + 37 minutes +   60   Now, according to the question,
2 
30 seconds 1 5(d  x ) d
1   2
= 2 hours 37 minutes and 30 seconds] 2 4x x
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17. Let the distance be D km and speed be the x

(d  x ) 5 d 1
or,   km/hr
4x x 2 From the question, we have
(d  x ) 5 d 1 50 (D  50) 4 D 25 D 5
      
or, x 3x x 60 x 12
4x x 2
150  4D  200 12D  5x
5d  5x  4d 1 or, 
or,  3x 12x
4x 2
4D  50 12D  5 x
d  5x 1 or, 
or,  3x 12x
4x 2 or, 16D  200  12D  5x
or, 2d – 10x = 4x  4D – 5x = 200 ... (i) and
or, 2d = 14x
or, d = 7x ....(i) 50  24 (D  26) 4 D 35
  
Case II: x 3x x 60
If the goods train had covered 80 km more D 7 12D  7x
before the accident, then the distance of site   
x 12 12x
of the accident = (x + 80) km
Remaining distance = [d – (x + 80)] km 26 4D  104 12D  7 x

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or,  
Time taken to cover the whole of the distance x 3x 12x

  78  4D  104 12D  7x
 (x  80 )  or, 
 30 d  (x  80 )  hours 3x 12x
=    
 x  60 4x  4D  26 12D  7x
  or, 
 5  3x 12x
 According to the question, or, 4D  7x  104 .... (ii)
x  80 30 d  (x  80 ) d Now, subtracting equation (ii) from equation
   1 (i), we have
x 60 4x x
5 2x = 96
 x = 48 km/hr
80 1 5[d  (x  80] d Put the value of x in equation (i) and find the

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or, 1     1 distance (D)
x 2 4x x
or, 4D – 5 × 48 = 200
80 1 5[d  (x  80 )] d or, 4D = 200 + 240 = 440
or,   
x 2 4x x 440
 D = = 110 km.
320  5d  5x  400 1 d 4
or,   18. Time for work per day in first condition
4x 2 x
= (24 – 9 =) 15 hours
5d  5x  80 1 d Time for work per day in second condition
or,  
4x 2 x = (24 – 9 × 2 =) 6 hours
Her e we hav e four quant it ies : Speed,
1 4d  5d  5x  80 Dist ance, Wor k and Days. W e hav e t o
or, 
2 4x calculate number of days. Hence, Days will
or, 2x = 5x – d + 80 be in t he last column. Here f ollowing
Putting the value of d from equation (i), we relationships exist:
have More speed, less days (Inverse)
2x = 5x – 7x + 80 More distance, more days (Direct)
or, 4x = 80 Less hours of work, more days (Inverse)

80
 x = = 20
4
Hence original speed of the train Hence,
= 20 km/hr. 2 : 1 
Distance between the stations A and B 1 : 2  :: 40 : x
= d = 7x (From i) 6 : 15
= (7 × 20) = 140 km. or, 2 × 1 × 6 : 1 × 2 × 15 :: 40 : x
(Compounding the ratios)
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or, 2 × 1 × 6 × x = 1 × 2 × 15 × 40
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(Product of extreme terms = Distance covered by train A in hours
Product of mean terms) 3

1  2  15  40 13 13x
 x = = 100 = AP = x × =
2 1 6 3 3
Hence the required time = 100 days. Both the trains meet 8 hours after train A
19. Let A starts from point X, B starts from point leaves P. Now if they meet at C1 then
Y and they meet after t hours. PC1 = 8 × x = 8x km
A B BC1 = 8 × y = 8y km
X Y According to the question,
P
13x
 XP = 4 × t = 4t km 8x + 8y = 650 
YP = 2 + 2.5 + 3 + .... t terms 3
This is an AP. 13x
or, 8x  y   650 
n 3
Sum of an AP = 2a  n  1d 
2
13x
where n = number of terms, a = first term or, 8  65  650 
3
and d = common difference

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t  1 t  t 1 13x
2  2  (t  1)    4    or,  650  520  130
 YP =
2  2 2  2 2 3

130  3
t2 t 7t t 2 7t  t 2 or, x =
13
= 30 km/hr
= 2t     
4 4 4 4 4
Speed of train A = 30 km/hr
But it is given that XY = 72 or XP + PY = 72 Speed of train B = (65 – 30) km/hr
= 35 km/hr
7t  t 2
 + 4t = 72 21. As given, speed of the train P = 25 km/hr
4 Speed of the train Q = 20 km/hr
2
or, 7t + t + 16t = 288 Speed of the train R = 30 km/hr
or, t2 + 23 t - 288 = 0

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or, t2 + 32 t – 9t - 288 = 0 Q 20 t
or, t (t + 32) – 9 (t + 32) = 0 P1
1
P B A Q1 R R
or, (t + 32) )(t – 9) = 0
 t + 32 = 0 X 33 km 25 t 30 t Y
or, t = –32 (Not possible) 87.5 km
 t – 9 = 0
or, t = 9 Distance travelled by train P between 8:00 to
They meet after 9 hours. 11: 30
2 0 . Let the trains A and B travel at speed of x and 1 7 175
y km/hr respectively and meets 10 hours after ie in 3 hours =  25   87.5 km
2 2 2
departure.
Distance travelled by train Q between 9 : 51
to 11 : 30 ie. in
From the figure it can be seen that 39 33
AC = (x × 10) km 1 hour 39 minutes = 1  20   20
60 20
BC = (y × 10) km = 33 km
 AC + BC = x × 10 + y × 10 Assume that trains P and Q are at A and B
or, 650 = 10(x + y) respectively at 11 : 30 am. Also assume that t
or, x + y = 65 minut es aft er 11 : 30 am, t r ain P was
In the second situation when the other train equidistant from train Q and train R. At the
starts after 4 hours and 20 minutes equidistant position train P, Q and R were at
P1, Q1 and R1.
 XP1 = XA + AP1 = (87.5 + 25 t) km
4 hours and 20 minutes XQ1 = XB + BQ1 = (33 + 20 t) km
20 1 13 P1 Q1 = XP1 – XQ1 = (87.5 + 25 t) - (33 + 20 t)
= 4 4  hours = (54.5 + 5 t) km
60 3 3
Distance RR1 = 30 t km
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P1R1 = Total distance - XP1 - RR1 Let the speed of train from P = x km/hr and
= 220 - (87.5 + 25 t) - 30 t that from Q = (x + 8) km/hr
= (132.5 - 55 t) km Both trains meet after 6 hours
 P1Q1 = P1R 1  (x × 6) + (x + 8) × 6 = 336
 5t + 54.5 = 132.5 - 55 t or, 6x + 6x + 48 = 336
78 or, 12x = 336 – 48 = 288
or, 60 t = 78 or t =  60 minutes
60 288
or, t = 78 minutes or, x = = 44
12
So 78 minutes after 11 : 30 am ie at 12 : 48
pm train P will be equidistant from train Q  Speed of one train = 24 km/hr
and R. Speed of the other train = (24 + 8 =)32 km/hr
23. Distance between 2 trees on a 2-km road
78
XP1 = 87.5 + 25 t = 87.5 + 25 ×  2  1000 
60
= 87.5 + 32.5 =   = 10 m
 201  1 
XP1 = 120 km
Number of trees planted on both sides of a
 At 120 km away from station X, trains would
50-km road
be at equal distances.
 50  1000  
22. = 2  10
  1 = 10002

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  
Let R be the meeting point.

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