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Question 1
A boy walks along the three edges of an equilateral triangle at average speeds of 3 km/h, 9 km/h and 8 km/h. What is the average speed along the whole journey?
$5{11/41}$ kmph.
$6{17/40}$ kmph.
$4{3/43}$ kmph.
$7{38/43}$ kmph.
Ans: a
Let the edge of the triangle be L. Total distance travelled = 3L. Time taken = $L/3 + L/9 + L/8$. So overall average speed = ${3L}/{L/3 + L/9 + L/8}$ which simplifies to ${216/41}$, which is same as: $5{11/41}$ km/h.
Question 2
A train passes two persons walking in the same direction as the train. The time it takes to move past the man running at 5km/h is 8sec, whereas the time it takes to cross the other man running at 6km/h is 9sec. What is the speed of the train?
14km/h.
15km/h.
13km/h.
16km/h.
Ans: a
Let the speed of the train be v km/h. Length of the train calculated with the data for the first man = $(v - 5) × 8$. It should equal the length obtained from the data for the second man. So $(v - 5) × 8$ = $(v - 6) × 9$. Please note that we have not converted seconds to hours because that factor will ultimately cancel away. Solving for v we get 14km/h.
Question 3
Two cars A and B begin to move towards each other and meet midway after travelling equal distance. What is the initial distance between them if the speeds of A and B are 2 km/h and 4 km/h, and B started 1 hour late?
Question 4
An object covers a distance of 2800 meters in 21 minutes. What is its speed?
Question 5
Two cars, A and B, start to move towards each other. If they meet when A has travelled $(1/6)$th of the distance, what is the ratio of the speed of B to the speed of A?
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Updated on 2020-02-07. Published on: 2016-05-06