Distance, Time & Speed (8 Questions & Solutions)

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Q.1) A man covered a distance of 2000 km in 18 hours, partly by bus at 72 km/hr and partly by train at 160 km/hr. What is the distance covered by bus?

Q.2) A car covers 4 successive 3 km stretches at speeds of 10 km/hr, 20 km/hr, 30 km/hr and 60 km/hr respectively. The average speed of the car for the entire journey is how much?

Q.3) The distance between two cities A & B is 330 km. A train starts from A at 8 a.m. and travels towards B at 60 km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 a.m. and travels towards A at 75 km/hr. At what time do they meet?

Q.4) Two trains are moving on parallel tracks towards each other in opposite directions with the speed of 48 kmph and 60 kmph respectively. They cross each other in 12 seconds. If the length of one of the trains is 150 metres, what will be the length of the other train?

Q.5) A man is standing on a railway platform which is 180m long. He finds that a train crosses the platform in 20 secs, but himself in 8 secs. Find the length of the train.

Q.6) A plane left 30 minutes late than it's scheduled time and in order to reach the destination 1500 kms away in time, it had to increase it's speed by 250 km/hr from the usual speed. Find it's usual speed.

Q.7) A man covers a distance of 14 kms in an hour, partly on foot at the rate of 4 km/hr and partly on scooter at 44 km/hr. Find the distance travelled by him on foot.


Q.8) A train passes an electric pole standing on the platform in 14 seconds and passes the platform completely in 56 seconds. If the length of the platform is 420 metres, then the length of the train is how much?


Q.9) The distance between two cities A & B is 300 km. Two buses started at the same time towards each other from the two cities. The difference between their speeds is 5 kmph. After 4 hours the buses were at a distance of 40 km from each other. Find their speeds.




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