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The document discusses concepts related to time, distance, and speed. It provides formulas showing the relationships between these variables, such as Distance = Speed x Time. It gives examples of converting between units of time, distance, and speed. Applications described include scenarios involving two objects traveling towards or away from each other at different speeds, as well as examples involving police chasing thieves over certain distances. Multiple choice questions test the reader's understanding of using the relationships between time, distance, and speed to solve word problems.

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The document discusses concepts related to time, distance, and speed. It provides formulas showing the relationships between these variables, such as Distance = Speed x Time. It gives examples of converting between units of time, distance, and speed. Applications described include scenarios involving two objects traveling towards or away from each other at different speeds, as well as examples involving police chasing thieves over certain distances. Multiple choice questions test the reader's understanding of using the relationships between time, distance, and speed to solve word problems.

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TIME AND DISTANCE

TIME :
The amount of time spent traveling a distance, measured in hours, minutes,
or seconds, is referred to as time.
Time is expressed in terms of seconds(s), minutes (min) and hours (hr).
Time = Distance
Speed
DISTANCE
Distance is the distance that any thing or person must travel to go from one
point to another.
Distance is generally expressed in meters (m), kilometers (km), centimeters
Distance = Speed x Time

Relationship Between Time and Distance


From the above Formula
I.e Distance = Speed x Time
We can see that Time is directly proportional to distance given that the
speed remains constant,
When two vehicles are traveling different distances in different amounts of
time, the time is exactly proportional to the distance.
and
Time = Distance
Speed
From this we can say that as speed grows the time needed will decrease and
vice versa.
Conversion of Time and Distance
The conversion of speed, time and distance into various units is given
below:
● To convert a given data from km/hour to m/sec, we multiply by 5/18.
x km/hr = x × 5 m/sec
18
● To convert a given data m/sec to km/hour, we multiply by 18/5.
x km/hr = x × 18 m/sec
5

Applications of Time and Distance


● If two people travel from two points A and B towards each other,
and they meet at point P. The total Distance covered by them at
the meeting will be AB. The Time taken by both of them to meet
will be the same. As the Time is constant, Distances AP and BP
will be in the ratio of their Speed. Say that the Distance between
A and B is d.
● If speed is kept constant, then the distance covered by an object
is proportional to time. I.e, Distance Time or D1/T1 = D2/T2
● If time is kept Constant then the distance covered by an object
is proportional to speed i.e, Distance Speed (time constant) or
D1/S1 = D2/S2
● When a person covers a certain distance between two certain
places with speed 'a', he gets his destination late by time t, but
when he covers the same distance with speed 'tf, he reaches his
destination t2 time earlier. In this case, the distance between two
places is given by D = ab(t1 + t2)/b-a
● When a person reaches a certain distance with speed 'a', he
gets late by f., time and when he increases his speed by '£>' to
cover the same distance, then he still gets late by u time, in this
case, the distance is

D = (t1-t2)(a+b) a/b

● When two persons A and e travel from points P to Q, a distance


of D with speeds 'a' and '£>', respectively and B reaches Q first,
returns immediately and meets A at R, then

Distance traveled by A = 2 x D (a/(a+b))

Distance traveled by B = 2 x D (b/(a+b))

● A policeman sees a thief at a distance of d. He starts chasing the


thief who is running at a speed of 'a' and policeman is chasing
with a speed of 'ft' (b > a). In this case, the distance covered by
the thief when he is

Caught by the policeman, is given by d(a/(b-a))


● If a man changes his speed to (x/y) of his usual speed and gets
late by t min or reaches early by t min then the usual time taken
by him

= t x X/(y-X) if(y>x) and t x X /(x-y) if (x>y)

EXAMPLES:

Example 1.
18 A policeman sees a chain snatcher at a distance of 50 m. He starts chasing
the chain snatcher who is running with a speed of 2 m/s while the policeman
chases him with a speed of 4 m/s. Find the distance covered by the chain
snatcher when he is caught by the policeman.

Here, d = 50 m, a = 2m/s b = 4 m/s

According to the formula,

Required distance = d (a/(b-a))


= 50 x 2 / (4 - 2)
= 50

Example 2:
P covers a certain distance at a speed of 25 km/h and he reached his
destination 5 minutes late. With a speed of 30 km/h, he reaches his
destination 10 minutes earlier. Find the distance between the starting point
and destination.

Let the required distance be x km.


Therefore, Time taken to cover x km at 25 km/h speed = x/25 hours
Similarly,time taken to cover x km at 30 km/h speed = x/30 hours
Difference between the time taken = 5+10= 15 min = 1/4 hour
Therefore, x/25 - x/30 = 1/4
or
6x - 5x = 150/4 x = 150/4 km

Example 3:
A bus travels for 7 hours, the first half at 30 km/h and the second half at 40
km/h. Find the distance.

Let the distance be x km


Time taken during the first half of total distance = (x/2)/30 = x/60 hours.
Time taken during the second half of total distance= (x/2)/40= x/80 hours.
Therefore, Time taken for the whole journey= x/60+ x/80 = 7 hours.
(4x+3x)/240 = 7 hours.
x=240 km

Multiple choice question

1. Two persons begin together to write out a booklet containing 8190


lines. The first person starts with the first line, writing at the rate of 200
lines an hour; and the second person starts with the last line, then writes
8189th line and so on, proceeding backward at the rate of 150 lines an
hour. At what time will they meet?

(a) 22.4 hours (b) 23.4 hours (c) 24.4 hours (d) 25.4 hours

Answer : (b) 23.4 hours

2. A motor car does a journey in 10 hours, the first half at 21 km/h, and
the rest at 24 km/h. Find the distance.
(a) 220 km (b) 224 km (c) 228 km (d) 232 km

Answer : (b) 224 km

3. Suppose that telegraph poles on a railroad are 50 meters apart, how


many will be passed by a car in 4 hours if the speed of the train is 45
km/h?

(a) 3599 (b) 3600 (c) 3601 (d) 3602

Answer : (c) 3601

4. A person has to reach a certain place and a certain time and he finds
that he will be 15 minutes late, if he walks at 4 km/h, and 10 minutes
earlier, if he walks at 6 km/h. How far has he to walk?

(a) 3 km (b) 4 km (c) 5 km (d) 6 km

Answer : (c) 5km

5. Two buses start at the same time from two bus stations and proceed
towards each other at the rates of 20 km/h and 25 km/h respectively.
When they meet, one bus may have traveled 80 km more than the other.
Find the distance between the two bus stations.

(a) 680 km (b) 700 km (c) 710 km (d) 720 km

Answer : (d) 720 km


6. A person traveled a certain distance by train at a speed of 25 km/h and
walked back at a speed of 4 km/h. The whole journey took 5 hours 48
minutes. What distance did he travel?

(a) 29 km (b) 25 km (c) 20 km (d) 14 km

Answer : (c) 20 km

7. A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 200 meters. When


the policeman started to catch the thief he also started running. Assume
the speed of the thief to be 10 km/h and that of the policeman 12 km/h,
how far will the thief have to run before he is overtaken by the
policeman?

(a) 1 km (b) 2 km (c) 3 km (d) 4 km

Answer : (a) 1 km

8. A train travels at a speed of 10 m/s leaves Trivandrum for Nagercoil at


8 AM At what distance from Nagercoil will it meet a train which leaves
Nagercoil for Trivandrum at 8.20 AM and travels one-third faster than
the former does, the distance from Trivandrum to Nagercoil being 68
km?

(a) 26 km (b) 32 km (c) 46 km (d) 39 km

Answer (b) 32 km

9. Two trains start from P and Q respectively and travel towards each
other at a speed of 50 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively. By the time
they met, the first train had traveled 100 km more than the second. The
distance between P and Q is:
(a)500 km (b) 630 km (e) 660 km (d) 900 km

Answer : (d) 900 km

10. A thief steals a car at 2.30 p.m. and drives it at 60 km/hr. The theft is
discovered at 3 p.m. and the owner sets off in another car at 75 km/hr.
When will he overtake the thief?

(a) 4.30 p.m. (b) 4.45 p.m (c) 5p.m (d) 5.15 p.m.

Answer : (c) 5 p.m.

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