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Topics Covered
 Basic Conversions in TSD
 Application of Proportionality in TSD QA
 Average Speed, Relative Speed CEX-Q-0211/23

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Number of questions : 50

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1. Mr. Smith covers a distance of 2500 m in 5 7. Anuj likes to jog in a park. While jogging he
also calculates his speed and the number of
minutes. Find his speed in km/hr.

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steps taken by him. He observes that the
steps taken by him per minute are 5 times

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2. The speed of the bicycle is 54 km/hr, what is his speed in km/hr. What is the distance he
its speed in m/sec? covers per step if he jogs at a uniform speed?

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(1) 3 m (2) m
3. Neha crosses a 500 m long street in 3
5 minutes. What is her speed in km per hour? 20

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(3) m (4) 5 m
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4. If Reema can cover a distance of 2880 m in

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(5) Data insufficient
20 minutes and while Seema can cover a
distance of 3 km in 900 seconds, then who is 8. Mr. Sahu walks to the market and comes back
faster? in an auto. It takes him 120 minutes to make
the round trip. If he take an auto both ways it
(1) Reema (2) Seema
takes him 40 minutes. On a Sunday, he
(3) Both are same (4) Cannot be determined
decides to walk both ways. How long
(in minutes) would it take him? (XAT)
5. A train speeds past a pole in 15 sec and past
a platform 100 m long in 30 sec. Find the 9. By walking at 3/5th of his usual speed, a man
length (in km) of the train. reaches office 20 minutes later than usual.
What is his usual time? (SNAP)
(1) 0.5 (2) 0.1
(1) 20 min (2) 30 min
(3) 0.16 (4) 0.2 (3) 35 min (4) 50 min

6. A journalist travelled 1080 km by airplane 10. The speeds of the scooter, car and train are
and this formed 3/5 th of his trip. If the speed in the ratio of 1 : 3 : 9. If all of them cover
of airplane is 250 m/sec, then how much time time taken
equal distance, the ratio of for
(in hour) will it take to reach the destination? speed
(1) 2 (2) 2.5 each of the vehicle is: (SNAP)
(3) 3 (4) 3.5 (1) 81 : 9 : 1 (2) 1 : 9 : 81
(3) 1 : 3 : 9 (4) 9 : 1 : 3

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11. Two trains start at the same time from 15. If a boy walks from his house to his school at
Hyderabad and Delhi and proceed towards the rate of 4 km/hr, he reaches school 10 min
each other at 80 km/hr and 95 km/hr earlier than the scheduled time. However, if he
respectively. When they meet it is found that walks at the rate of 3 km/hr, he reaches school
one has travelled 180 km more than the other. 10 min later than the scheduled time. Find the
Find the distance between Delhi and Hyderabad.
distance between the school and his house.
(1) 1900 km (2) 2000 km
(1) 6 km (2) 4.5 km
(3) 2100 km (4) 2200 km

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(3) 4 km (4) 3 km
(5) 5 km

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12. A man and a woman 126 miles apart from

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each other, start travelling towards each other
16. Anuva takes 20 min less than the usual time

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at the same time. If the man covers 8 miles
per hour and the woman covers 6 miles per to reach her office if her speed increases by

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hour, how far (in miles) will the woman have 5 km/hr, and takes 30 min more than the usual
travelled when they meet? (SNAP) time if her speed decreases by 5 km/hr. What

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is her usual speed?
13. A man travels three-fifths of a distance AB at (1) 20 km/hr (2) 30 km/hr

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a speed 3a, and the remaining at a speed 2b. (3) 25 km/hr (4) 35 km/hr
If he goes from B to A and return at a speed

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(5) None of these
5c in the same time, then which of the
following is true?
17. At 12:30 p.m. the engine of a train was exactly

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1 1 1 mid way of a tunnel which is thrice as long as
(1)   (2) a + b = c
a b c the train. It completely emerged from the

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tunnel after 25 s. How much time will the train
1 1 2
(3)   (4) None of these take to completely cross a tunnel which is
a b c
four times as long as the previous tunnel?
(1) 120 s (2) 130 s (3) 140 s
14. I started climbing up the hill at 6 a.m. and
(4) 125 s (5) 135 s
reached the top of the temple at 6 p.m. Next
day I started coming down at 6 a.m. and reached
the foothill at 6 p.m. I walked on the same road. 18. A train approaches a tunnel MN. Inside the
The road is so short that only one person can tunnel is a dog located at a point that is 3/7
walk on it. Although I varied my pace on my of the distance MN measured from the
way, I never stopped on my way. Then which of entrance M. When the train whistles the dog
the following must be true? (CAT) runs. If the dog moves to the entrance of the
(1) My average speed downhill was greater tunnel M, the train catches the dog exactly
than that of uphill at the entrance. If the dog moves to the exit
(2) At noon, I was at the same spot on both N, the train catches the dog at exactly the
the days. exit. What is the ratio of the speed of the
(3) There must be a point where I reached at train to that of the dog? (CAT)
the same time on both the days.
(1) 7 : 1 (2) 6 : 1
(4) There cannot be a spot where I reached
(3) 5 : 1 (4) 3:1
at the same time on both the days.

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19. Amit and Dinesh are brothers. One day they 23. Anurag is walking across a railroad bridge
start at the same time from their home for that goes from Adelaide to Brisbane. He starts
Nagpur railway station in their respective cars. 3
Amit took 25 minutes to reach the station. at Adelaide and when he is across the
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After reaching the station Amit found that bridge he hears a train approaching from
Dinesh is 5000 m away from the station. The behind. The speed of the train is 60 m/hr.
distance of Nagpur Station from their home is Anurag can run fast enough so that he turns
30 km. Next day Dinesh decided to start 7 and runs back towards Adelaide he will meet

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minutes early. If they drive at the speed same the train at Adelaide, and if he runs forward
as the previous day then Amit will reach the

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toward Brisbane, the train will overtake him
station (XAT) at Brisbane. By the time the train reaches

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(1) 120 seconds earlier than Dinesh Adelaide, what portion of the bridge must have

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(2) 120 seconds later than Dinesh been covered by Anurag, by then?
(3) 300 seconds earlier than Dinesh

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(4) 300 seconds later than Dinesh (1) (2) (3) (4)
(5) at the same time with Dinesh 4 4 8 8

20. A car after traveling 28 km from a point A

developed some problem in the engine and

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speed became 4/5 of its original speed. As aC 24. Rajiv reaches city B from city A in 4 hours,
driving at speed of 35 kmph for the first two
hour and at 45 kmph for the next two hours.

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Aditi follows the same route, but drives at three
result, the car reached point B 45 minutes
different speeds: 30, 40 and 50 kmph,
late. If the engine had developed the same
problem after traveling 40 km from A, then it covering an equal distance in each speed
segment. The two cars are similar with petrol

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would have reached B only 36 minutes late.
The distance between the points A and B consumption characteristics (km per litre)
shown in the figure below.

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(in km.) is (CAT)

21. Rohit walks to and fro to a shopping mall. He

spends 30 minutes in shopping. If he walks 24
at speed of 20 km an hour, he returns to home Mileage
km per litre 16 16
at 19.00 hours. If he walks at 25 km an hour,
he returns to home at 18.30 hours. How fast
must he walk in order to return at 18.15 30 40 50
hours? (XAT) Speed km per hour
(1) 17 km/hour (2) 17.5 km/hour
(3) 18 km/hour (4) 20.5 km/hour The quantity of petrol consumed by Aditi for
(5) None of the above the journey is
(1) 8.3 l (2) 8.6 l
22. Pallavi and Richa start simultaneously from (3) 8.9 l (4) 9.2 l
P and Q towards Q and P respectively. They
meet on the way at T which is at a distance 25. Pravin goes from Mumbai to Pune at a speed
of 120 m from P. If Pallavi and Richa take of 40 kmph and comes back at a speed of
16 s and 25 s to reach their respective 60 kmph, taking exactly the same path. Find
destinations from T, then what is the distance his average speed for the entire journey.
between P and Q? (1) 50 kmph (2) 48 kmph
(1) 214 m (2) 200 m (3) 240 m (3) 52 kmph (4) 54 kmph
(4) 216 m (5) 224 m (5) 56 kmph

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26. Mandar travelled first 1/3rd distance of his 30. A person shooting a target, which is 465 m
journey at a speed of 40 kmph, 1/3rd of the away, hears the bullet strike it 4.5 s after he
remaining distance at 50 kmph and the rest fires. A spectator, equidistant from the target
at 90 km/hr. Find his average speed. and the shooting point (but out of the line of
(1) 64 kmph (2) 60 kmph danger), hears the bullet strike 3 s after he
(3) 54 kmph (4) 58 kmph hears the sound of the gun. Find the speed of
(5) None of these the sound.
(1) 300 m/s (2) 310 m/s

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27. Excluding stoppages, the average speed of a (3) 333.3 m/s (4) 340 m/s
bus is 54 km/hr, and including stoppages it
is 45 km/hr. For how many minutes does the
bus stop per hour?
(1) 12 min
(3) 11 min
(2) 10 min
(4) 15 min
Directions for questions 31 and 32: Answer the

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A triangular garden in Gopal colony is to be enclosed
(5) 16 min inside three straight fences. Raju started running at
a uniform speed on the three sides of the proposed

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28. A car travels at 50 km/hr for the first half time boundary of the garden and discovered that he would
of the journey, at 25 km/hr for the half of the take 48 minutes, 102 minutes and 90 minutes to

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remaining time of the journey, at 12.5 km/hr traverse the garden’s three sides. However, in the
for the half of the remaining time of the journey latest colony meet, it was decided that the coverage

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and so on until the car accomplishes its area of the park should be reduced to accommodate
journey. The average speed of the car is a parking lot. Since the fence on the shortest
approximately equal to boundary was already constructed, the length of the

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(1) 100 km/hr (2) 50 km/hr boundary covered by Gopal in 90 mins, was reduced
(3) 33 km/hr (4) 25 km/hr by 60% and the longest side of the garden was

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(5) 60 km/hr
modified accordingly so that the park still remained
triangular in shape.
29. Only a single rail track exists between stations
A and B on a railway line. One hour after the
31. How much time will Raju take to run along
northbound Super fast train N leaves station
the boundary of the garden thus formed?
A for station B, a south-bound passenger train
(1) 144 minutes (2) 128 minutes
S reaches station A from station B. The speed
(3) 148 minutes (4) 160 minutes
of the super fast train is twice that of a normal
express train E, while the speed of a
32. If Raju’s speed was 15 metres per minute,
passenger train S is half that of E. On a
then what is the approximate area of the
particular day, N leaves for B from A, 20 min
parking lot?
behind the normal schedule. In order to
maintain the schedule, both N and S (1) 0.39 km2 (2) 0.26 km2
increased their speeds. If the super fast train (3) 0.29 km2 (4) 0.45 km2
doubles its speed, what should be the ratio
(approximately) of the speeds of passenger 33. Two boats start simultaneously towards each
train to that of the super fast train so that the other at different speeds from the parallel and
passenger train S reaches exactly at the opposite banks of a lake. When they pass
scheduled time at A on that day? (CAT) each other for the first time, they are 300 m
(1) 1 : 3 (2) 1 : 4 from one of the banks. After the first meeting,
(3) 1 : 5 (4) 1 : 6 they continue to move towards the opposite
banks. Once they reach the opposite banks,

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 they turn around and move towards each other 36. A man covered a distance of 200 km partly
once again. When they pass each other the by train and partly by bus. Had he covered
second time, they are 200 m from the other the entire distance by bus, he would have
bank. (Assume both the boats travel at uniform taken 10 hours more and had he covered the
speed, speed of river is negligible and neglect entire distance by train, he would have taken
values of turnaround time) 6 hours less. What was the difference
(a) Find the ratio of the speeds of the two between the distances (in km) covered by him
boats. by bus and train?

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(1) 2 : 1 (2) 4 : 3 (1) 60 (2) 75
(3) 7 : 3 (4) None of these

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(3) 50 (4) 90
(b) If they continue to do this, then at what
distance from one of the banks will they
meet?
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A train 200 m long is running at the speed of

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30 km/hr. Find the time taken (in second) by

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(i) When they pass each other the 3rd
it to pass a man standing near the railway
time?
line.
(1) 100 m (2) 200 m

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(3) 300 m (4) 400 m
38. A train crosses a 250 m long platform. The
(ii) When they pass each other the 4th

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time? speed of the train is 36 km/hr. The total time
(1) 200 m (2) 400 m taken by the train to cross the platform is

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(3) 500 m (4) 700 m 35 s. The length of the train is
(iii) When they pass each other the 10th (1) 120 m (2) 110 m
time? (3) 125 m (4) 100 m

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(1) 400 m (2) 300 m (5) None of these
(3) 200 m (4) 100 m

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39. Two athletes are running from the same place
34. Ramesh, Shrini and Harish went out for a 200 at the speed of 6 km/hr and 4 km/hr. Find the
km journey. Ramesh and Harish started the distance (in m) between them after 15 minutes
journey in Ramesh's car at the rate of 25 (A) If they moves in same direction. (B) If they
kmph, while Shrini walked at 5 kmph. After move in opposite direction.
sometime, Harish got off and started walking
at the rate of 5 kmph and Ramesh went back 40. Two trains are running on parallel tracks and
to pick up Shrini. All three reached the they travel at the rates of 25 kmph and
destination simultaneously. The number of 30 kmph. If the first train leaves an hour earlier
hours required for the trip was: (XAT) than the second train, how long will it take for
the second train to catch up with the first train?
35. Nikhil reaches school every day at 5 p.m. to (1) 3 hr (2) 4 hr
pick up his child. On Saturday, the school (3) 6 hr (4) 5 hr
got over at 4 p.m. and the child started walking (5) 7 hr
towards home. Nikhil met him on his way
and returned home 30 min earlier. 41. A train 150 m long takes 9 sec to cross a
(a) For how long did the child walk? man walking at 8 kmph in a direction opposite
(1) 40 min (2) 50 min to that of the train. Find the speed (in km/hr)
(3) 45 min (4) 55 min of the train.
(b) What is the ratio of speed of Nikhil to
(1) 72 (2) 60
that of child?
(3) 54 (4) 52

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42. A train 200 m long takes 9 sec to cross a for 15 min at station C, which is 60 km away
man walking at 8 kmph in a direction same from station B, enroute to station A. Ignoring
to that of the train. Find the speed (in km/hr) the lengths of the trains, what is the distance,
of the train. to the nearest kilometre, from station A to the
point where the trains cross each other?
43. If two trains 150 m and 140 m long are running (CAT)
on parallel tracks in the same direction with (1) 112 km (2) 118 km
a speed of 78 km/hr and 60 km/hr, then how (3) 120 km (4) None of these
long (in sec) will it take to clear off each other
from the moment they meet? Direction for questions 48 and 49: Answer the
questions based on the following information.

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running at the speed of 30 km/hr and 42 km/ Boston is 4 hr ahead of Frankfurt and 2 hr behind
hr respectively on parallel tracks in opposite India. X leaves Frankfurt at 6 p.m. on Friday and

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directions. In what time (in seconds) will they reaches Boston the next day. After waiting there for
cross each other? 2 hr, he leaves exactly at noon and reaches India at

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1 a.m. On his return journey, he takes the same
45. A dog stands at a point A. At a distance of route as before, but halts at Boston for 1hr less than
40 m from A, stands a fox. The dog starts

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his previous halt there. He then proceeds to
chasing the fox and goes in pursuit of the fox Frankfurt.

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40 m away. The dog takes leaps of 2 m
against 1 m long leaps of the fox. Had the 48. If his journey, including stoppage, is covered
dog taken two leaps against the fox’s three, at an average speed of 180 mph, what is the
at what distance from A, would the dog have

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distance between Frankfurt and India?
caught up with the fox? (1) 3,600 miles (2) 4,500 miles
(1) 150 m (2) 160 m

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(3) 5,580 miles (4) Data insufficient
(3) 140 m (4) 120 m
(5) 130 m 49. If X had started the return journey from India
at 2.55 a.m. on the same day that he reached
46. Two trains start from A and B and head there, what is X's average speed for the entire
towards B and A respectively. Train from A journey (to and fro)?
starts at 11 p.m. and reaches B at 5 p.m.
(1) 176 mph (2) 180 mph
next day. Train from B starts at 10 p.m. the
(3) 165 mph (4) Data insufficient
same day on which the train starts from
station A and reaches A at 6 a.m. the next
50. A bird sitting on a wall spots an approaching
day. At what time (approximately) will they
train, which is 720 km away and moving at
cross each other?
a speed of 15 m/s. The bird starts flying
(1) 4 a.m. (2) 3.55 a.m.
towards the train and as soon as it reaches
(3) 2.51 a.m. (4) 4.05 a.m.
the train, it flies back towards the wall. It
(5) 3.51 a.m.
continues to do this to and fro motion till the
47. Train X departs from station A at 11 a.m. for time the train crashes into the wall. If the bird
station B, which is 180 km far from A. Train Y can fly at a speed of 120 kmph, find the total
departs from station B at 11 a.m. for station distance covered by the bird while it was flying
A. Train X travels at an average speed of 70 towards the wall.
km/hr and does not stop anywhere until it (1) 860 km (2) 660 km
arrives at station B. Train Y travels at an (3) 440 km (4) 1000 km
average speed of 50 km/hr, but has to stop (5) 800 km

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 QA : Solutions CEX-Q-0211/23
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1 30 2 15 3 6 4 2 5 2 6 1 7 2 8 200 9 2 10 1
11 3 12 54 13 3 14 3 15 3 16 3 17 2 18 1 19 2 20 88
21 5 22 4 23 3 24 3 25 2 26 5 27 2 28 3 29 4 30 2
31 1 32 3 33 (a) 2 (b) (i) 1 (ii) 4 (iii) 4 34 16 35 (a) 3 (b) 3/1 36 3 37 24

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38 4 39 (A) 500 m (B) 2500 m. 40 4 41 4 42 88 43 58 44 15 45 2

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1. 30 Distance covered by Mr. Smith = 2500 m

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2500
1000
km. = 2.5 km.

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Then, speed of the train =

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Let the length of the train be L.
L L  100
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30
 2L = L + 100  L = 100 m or 0.1 km

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Time taken = 5 minutes =   hour Hence, option (2) is correct.
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2.5 6. 1 Let the total distance covered by journalist be x km.
Speed = = 30 km/hr.. 3
 5 
  th of x = 1080
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x   1080
2. 15 Speed of bicycle = 54 km/hr 3
5 x = 1800 km.

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To convert the speed into m/sec, we multiply by Speed of airplane = 250 m/sec.
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5 Convert it into km/hr.
Therefore, speed of bicycle = 54 × m/sec = 15 m/sec 18
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= 250 × = 900 km/hr..
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 500  1800
3. 6 Speed =   m/sec.  Time = 900 = 2 hr..
5  60 
5 7. 2 Let n = number of steps taken by Anuj per minute.
= m/sec.
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Converting m/sec. to km/hr. Therefore his speed will be km / hr.
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 5 18  Again, let us assume
=    km/hr..
3 5  x = Distance in meters he covers in each step.
= 6 km/hr. Therefore distance covered by Anuj in meters per min
=n×x
4. 2 The time taken by Reema to cover a distance of 2880  Distance covered by him per hour in km will be
m is 20 minutes (i.e. 20 × 60 seconds  1200 seconds) n  x  60
=
1000
2880
 Speed of Reema = = 2.4 m/sec. n  x  60 n 10
1200   x meters.
1000 5 3
Seema can cover a distance 3 km (i.e. 3 × 1000 m
= 3000 m) in 900 sec. 8. 200 Let Mr. Sahu reaches to the market by walking in ‘t’
3000 minutes and by auto in T minutes.
 Speed of seema = = 3.33 m/sec. t + T = 120 and 2T = 40
900
Hence, Seema is faster than Reema.  T  20, t  100
 Option (2). Hence, the required time is 2t = 2 × 100 = 200 minutes.

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9. 2 Let the original speed be ‘s’ m/min and usual time be ‘t’ 2x
minutes. Hence, time taken to return = .
(5c )
3 5 Since the time taken in both the cases remains the
When speed decreases to s, time taken will be t.
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same, we can write x  x  2x .
(Since speed is inversely proportional to time taken). 5a 5b 5c
5 2 1 1 2
t  t  20  t  20 Therefore,   .
3 3 a b c
 t = 30 minutes
 Usual time taken = 30 minutes. 14. 3 Since the distance travelled was the same both ways

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and also it was covered in the same time, the average
10. 1 Let speed (in m/s) of scooter, car and train be y, 3y speed will be the same uphill and downhill. Hence,

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and 9y respectively. statement (a) is false. Statement (b) need not be true.
Let they all cover equal distance of ‘y’ meters. It would be true and had the speeds (and not average

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speed) been the same both ways. But it is clearly
d d d

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Time taken by each respectively is , & . indicated that he varied his pace throughout. Now it
y 3y 9y has to be noted that the journey uphill and the journey

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time taken downhill started at the same time, i.e. 6 a.m. and also
Required ratio of is given as: ended at the same time 6 p.m. (though on different
speed
days). So if we were to assume a hypothetical case

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d d d in which one person starts downhill at 6 a.m. and
y 3y 9y 1 1 other one starts uphill at 6 a.m., along the same path,
Scooter : Car : Train = : :  1: : then there would be a point on the path where they
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would meet (i.e. they would reach at the same time),
= 81 : 9 : 1. irrespective of their speeds. Our case is similar to

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that, except for the fact that here, we have only one
11. 3 Let ‘t’ be the travel time of each train in hr when they person moving both ways. So there has to be a point
meet. on the path, where he reached at the same time on
If one travels more than the other, it is the one with the both days.

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higher speed and since it travelled 180 km extra,
180 = (95 – 80)t; t = 12 hr 15. 3 Let x km be the distance of the school from the house.
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4x – 3x 1
distance = Distance travelled by (Train 1 + Train 2) Thus, x – x  20  
= 80 × 12 + 95 × 12 = 12 (95 + 80) = 2100 km. 3 4 60 12 3
 x = 4 km.
126 miles
12. 54 Woman Man
16. 3 Since the distance remains constant, we have
(6 miles/hr) (8 miles/hr) D = ST ...(i)
126  1
Time taken to meet =
68
= 9 hrs. D = (S + 5)  T   ...(ii)
 3
Distance travelled by woman = 6 × 9 = 54 miles.
 1
and D = (S – 5)  T   ...(iii)
13. 3 Let the total distance be x. So the man travels a  2
(Where D is the distance, S is the original speed and
3x
distance at a speed 3a. Therefore, total time taken T is the original time.)
5 Solving them we get S = 25 km/hr.
to travel this distance
3x x  dis tance  17. 2 Let the length of the train and the tunnel be ‘x’ and
=  Time  speed  ‘3x’m respectively. At 12.30 p.m., the engine of the
(15a ) (5a)  
3x
2x train was m from the entrance of the tunnel. In
He then travels a distance at a speed 2b. Hence, 2
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order to emerge completely from the tunnel, the train
2x x must cover the rest of the tunnel and its own length.
time taken to travel this distance = = .
(10b ) (5b)
 3x 
Therefore, the train covers   x  m or 5x m in 25s
x x  2  2
So total time taken in going from A to B =  .
(5a) (5b) or x m in 10 seconds.
Now he travels from B to A and comes back. So total Length of the second tunnel is 4(3x) = 12x
distance travelled = 2x at an average speed 5c. So, the train will cover (12x + x) m = 13x m in 130 s.

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18. 1 MN is the tunnel and ‘d’ km be its length. to travel a distance of 60 km more at original speed.
So the distance between points A & B = (28 + 60)
M X N = 88 km.
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21. 5 As per the question, let D be the total distance and ‘t’ is
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d the time taken. So, we have
D = 20 t = 25(t – 0.5)
Let the current position of the dog be X. If it runs
towards M, it would reach M at the same time as the  t  2.5 hrs  D  50 km
train reaches M. Now, for the given condition we have
However, if it runs towards the other end N, it would 5 3 3 3
50  s    ; s      s  28.57 km/hr.

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reach point Y at the same time when the train reaches 2 4 2 4

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3d
M. Hence, point Y would be at a distance of km 22. 4 Richa travels 120 m in 25 s.
7

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So her speed is 4.8 m/s.
from X.

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Speed of Pallavi 25 5
M X Y N We have,  
Speed of Richa 16 4

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3d 3d 5
 Speed of Pallavi =  4.8  6 m/s.
7 7 4
d Pallavi takes 16 s to reach Q from T.

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As the dog and the train would reach N simultaneously, So distance between T and Q is 16 × 6 = 96 m.
 Distance between P and Q is 120 + 96 = 216 m.
d

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the dog would cover the rest km distance in the 23. 3 In the above equation (i)
7
same time that the train takes to cover the whole tun- 3

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x s
nel i.e. ‘d’ km. 2
 The speed of the train = 7 × the speed of the dog. Hence, if y miles be the portion of the bridge that Anurag
Hence, ratio of the speeds of the train and dog is 7 : 1. covers by the time the train reaches Adelaide is
x x 3

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y  15    s
19. 2 Let the speeds (m/sec) of Amit and Dinesh be A and D 60 4 8
respectively. Hence, (3) is the correct option.

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30 km
Alternative method:
Home Station
Since the man returns from a position 3/8 across the
30  1000 bridge from Adelaide and meets the train at Adelaide when
 25  60 he turns and runs back, the required answer is 3/8.
A
 A  10 m/sec 24. 3 Distance between A and B = (35 × 2) + (45 × 2)
= 160 km.
30000  5000
 25  60 Distance covered by Aditi in each speed segment
D 160
=
50 3
D m/sec Hence, total petrol consumed
3
In 7 minutes, Dinesh travelled  160 1   160 1   160 1
=        = 8.9 l
 3 16   3 24   3 16 
50
  7  60  7000 m
3
2 S1S2 2  40  60
Time taken by him to cover Remaining distance 25. 2 Average speed =   48 kmph.
S1  S2 40  60
23000
=  1380 sec 26. 5 Let the total distance be 1800 km (LCM of 40,50,90)
 50 
 3  Time taken to cover first 1/3rd distance at 40 kmph
= 15 hrs
Amit will taken 25 × 60 = 1500 sec. Time taken to cover next 1/3rd of the remaining distance
 Dinesh will reach 1500 – 1380 = 120 sec before Amit. at 50 kmph = 8 hrs
Time taken to cover the rest of the distance at 90 kmph
20. 88 It can be seen that by travelling (40 – 28) i.e., 12 km
more at original speed, the car reaches 9 minutes  80 
   hrs
earlier. So, in order to reach 45 minutes earlier, it has  9 

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 Total distance 1800 B
Average speed = 
Total time 80
15  8 
9
1800  9
  56.44 kmph.
135  72  80
102 k 48 k
27. 2 Due to stoppages, the bus covers 9 km less in 1 hr.
9
Time taken to cover 9 km =  60  10 min .
54

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Hence, on average the bus stops for 10 min every hour.

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28. 3 Let the total time taken be t hours. C A
D

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54 k
t t t
Distance travelled = 50   25   12.5   ...

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90 k
2 4 8 60% of 90k = 54k

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25t 100  AD = (90 – 54)k = 36k
  t = 33.33t
1 3
1–  BD  k 482  362  60k
4

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Hence, average speed of the car is approximately 31. 1 AD + DB + BA = (36 + 60 + 48)k = 144 k
33 km/hr.  Raju will take 144 minutes.

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29. 4 If speed of N = 4, speed of S = 1, 32. 3 Raju’s speed = 15 m/min = k
2 4 1  CD = 54 × 15 meters and AB = 48 × 15 meters

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 Average speed   1.6
4 1 Area of parking lot
2 3 1
 Area of BDC   CD  AB
Because time available is, speed = 2
3 2

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Now average speed = 2.4 1
  54  15  48  15  2,91,600 m2  0.29 km2
Now speed of N = 8 2
Now speed of S = y

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33. (a) 2
28 y 1 2
 2.4  y  1.3
8y
200 m
Required ratio = 1.3 : 8  1 : 6.
W
30. 2 300 m
465 m
A B 2 1
x x Let W be the width of the lake in meters and S1,
C S2 be the speeds of the boats (in m/sec).
Let vb and vs be the speed of the bullet and that of the When they meet for the first time, we get
sound respectively.
300 (W  300)
465 465  ... (i)
   4.5 ...(i) S2 S1
vb vs  300  S1  S2   WS2
x 465 x
And,  3 .0   ...(ii)
vs vb vs (W  300  200) (W  200  300)
Also, 
465 S2 S1
465
 3   1.5  (W  100)S1  (W  100)S2
vb vs
So vs = 310 m/s.  100 (S1 + S2) = W (S1 – S2) … (ii)
On dividing (ii) by (i), we get
For questions 31 and 32:
1 S1  S2 S 4
Speed of Raju remains constant  Distance is proportional   1  .
3 S2 S2 3
to the time taken
Here, (48k)2+(90k)2=(102k)2  BAC is right angled triangular
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 (b) Therefore, x = z = 50 km and y = 100 km.
(i) 1 Hence, the required time
Let S1 = 4p and S2 = 3p x  y  2y  z  50  100  200  50  16 hours.
 From (i) 
25 25
300 W  300
 35. (a) 3 Let X minutes be the time required for going to
3p 4p
school from home. Usually the car leaves home
 W  700 m. by (5 p.m. – X) min and the children are back
Bank 1 home by (5 p.m. + X) min.
B2 200 On Saturday, the children reached home 30 min
400 earlier, i.e. by (5 p.m. + X – 30) min.

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B1
B1 y  The total time for which the car was in use
B1
= (2X – 30) min.

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B2 300 500
B2 x Therefore, the car was used for (X – 15) min to

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Bank 2 go and another (X – 15) min to come back from
Now, at the time of 3rd meeting, let B2covers x school. If the child walked for Y minutes, then

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distance from bank 2.  4 p.m. + Y + (X – 15) = 5 p.m. + (X – 30) min
 Y – 15 = 5 p.m. – 4 p.m. – 30.

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500  x 200  700  x
  Hence, Y = 60 – 30 + 15 = 45 min.
8 S1
500  x 900  x Alternative method:


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3p 4p We see that the car reduces its travelling time by
30 min. So it reduces its one-way travelling time
 x  100 m by 30/2 = 15 min. Thus, it would have met the
(ii) 4

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children 15 min earlier, i.e. 4.45 p.m. Now this
Similarly, at the time of fourth meeting, B2 moves means that the children walked from 4 p.m. to
towards bank 1 and B1 moves towards bank 2.

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4.45 p.m., i.e. 45 min.
Now, after travelling 100 m, B1 returns back and
(b) A B C
start moving towards Bank 1. Let ‘y’ be distance
from bank 2, where both boats met 4th time. Home Meeting School
100  y 600  700  y Point

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  In this case, instead of meeting at point C, Nikhil
S1 S2 meets the child at point B and saves 30 minutes.
100  y 1300  y He must have covered total distance from point

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4 3 B to C, and then from C to B in 30 minutes.
y = 700 Let Nikhil’s speed be SN and that of child be SC.
(iii) 4 Total distance covered by Nikhil from point B to C
Now, we can conclude that both boats met 4th 30 S
and then C to B =   SN  N
time at a point which is 700 m from bank 2 and 0 m 6 2
from bank 1. SN
From this, we can see the pattern that boats B1 So, one way distance, BC =
4
and B 2 covers distances 800 m and 600 m,
The time taken by the child to cover distance BC
respectively before every meeting point.
SN SN 45
 At the time of 10th meeting, both boats will be = 4  S and, 4S  60
at a distance of 100 m from one bank and 600 m C C
from other bank. [Equated from previous part]
SN 3
 
34. 16 A B C D SC 1
x y z
Let the starting point for all the three, the point at 36. 3 Let the distance covered by the train be ‘a’ kms.
Harish gets off from the car, the point at which Ramesh So, the distance covered by the bus = (200 – a)kms
picks up Shrini and the final point of the journey be A, Let the speeds of the bus and the train be b and t
C, B and D respectively. kmph respectively.
Let AB = x, BC = y and CD = z. a (200 – a)
Total time taken = T = + ...(i)
x x  2y t b
   y  2x ...(i)
5 25 200
also, T = – 10 ...(ii)
z z  2y b
and   y  2z ...(ii)
5 25 200
From (i) and (ii), we get, and T  +6 ...(iii)
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 Equating (i) and (ii), we have 42. 88 Speed of train relative to man = (x – 8) km/hr.
 1 1 5
a  –  = 10 ...(iv)  (x  8)  m/sec.
b t 18
Equating (i) and (iii), we have
200 200 5
 1 1  9 9
(200 – a)    = 6 ...(v) 5 
 b t (x  8)  (x  8) 18
Dividing (iv) by (v), we have 18
 x = 88 kmph.
 1 1
a  
b t 10 43. 58 Relative speed of trains = (78 – 60) km/hr = 18 km/hr
  a  125 kms.
 1 1 6 5

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 200  a     = 18 ×
18
m/sec = 5 m/sec
b t 

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 Required difference = 125 – 75 = 50 kms. Time taken by the train to clear off each other = sum of
length of trains/relative speed of trains

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5 25 (150  140)
37. 24 Speed of the train = 30 × = m/sec. = sec = 58 sec
18 3

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5
Distance moved in passing the standing man = 200 m.

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44. 15 Relative speed of train = (30 + 42) km/hr = 72 km/hr
200 = 72 × 5/18 m/sec
Required time taken = = 24 sec.
 25  = 20 m/sec
 3  Time taken by the two trains to cross each other =

C
sum of length of trains/relative speed of trains
5
38. 4 Speed of the train = 36 ×  10 m / s (140  160) 300
18 = sec = sec = 15 sec

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At this speed the train took 35 s to cross the platform. 20 20
Therefore, the two trains crossed each other in 15 seconds.
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 Length of the train = 350 – 250 = 100 m. 45. 2 Two of the dog’s leaps cover 4 m.
Three of the fox’s leaps cover 3 m.
39. 500, 2500
Thus, each time the dog runs 4 m the distance
(A) When they move in same direction
between them gets reduced by

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Their relative speed = (6 – 4) km/hr = 2 km/hr
4 m – 3 m = 1 m.
Time taken = 15 minutes
The initial distance between them is 40 m.
Distance = Speed × Time

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Hence, the dog will catch up with the fox when it
 15  covers 4 × 40 = 160 m.
 2   km = 0.5 km = 0.5 × 1000 m = 500 m.
 60 
(B) When they move in opposite direction 46. 5 We see that the trains take 18 hr and 8 hr respectively
Their relative speed = (4 + 6) km/hr = 10 km/hr. to complete their journeys.
Time taken = 15 minutes. Let the distance between the stations be LCM(18, 8),
Distance covered = Speed × Time i.e. 72 km.
15  Speed of the first train = 4 km/hr..
 10   2.5 km = 2500 m. Speed of the second train = 9 km/hr.
60
By the time the train from A starts, train from B already
40. 4 25 km would have travelled 9 km in 1 hr.
Now the distance between the trains = 72 – 9 = 63 km.
Relative speed of the trains = 9 + 4 = 13 km/hr.
B A 63
30 km/hr 25 km/hr  They will take hr after 11 p.m.
13
Every hour the faster train gains (30 – 25) = 5 km, over i.e. approximately at 3.51 a.m.
the slower train.
 Distance of 25 km is gained in 5 hr. 47. 1 Total time taken by B to cover 60 km
41. 4 Speed of train relative to man = (x + 8) kmph 60 6
 hr  hr
5 50 5
=  x  8  m / sec. It stops at station C for 1/4 hr.
18
6 1
150 Now, in    hr train X travels
  9  x + 8 = 60  x = 52 km / hr.. 5 4
5 29
x  8  70   101.5 km
18 20
This implies that they do not cross each other by the
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 Let they meet after t hr. 11
1 192.5 = 50 hr in all to cover this distance.
12
Then 70t + 50(t – ) = 180  t  hr
4 120 11
192.5 (1 hr has been accounted for the halt that he had
12
Distance from A will be (70 × ) km = 112 km
120 in India (from 1 a.m. to 2.55 a.m.).
approximately Hence, his average speed for the entire journey

For questions 48 and 49: 9000

= 11  , i.e. 176.75 mph.
Let us convert all the time to same time zone, viz. Boston. So X 
 50 
left Frankfurt at 6 p.m. on Friday (Frankfurt time) or 10 p.m. on  12 

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Friday (Boston time). X reached Boston at 10 a.m. on Saturday
(Boston time). In other words, X has taken 12 hr in all to go 50. 5 15 m/s = 54 kmph

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from Frankfurt to Boston. After 2 hr wait, X leaves at 12 noon 720 40
The train will crash at the wall after  hours

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(Boston time). Now X reaches India at 1 a.m. on Sunday (Indian 54 3
time) or 11 a.m. on Sunday (Boston time). The bird will cover a distance of

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Thus, X takes 11 hr in all to go from Boston to India.
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x 120 = 1600 km during this time
48. 2 Overall, X has travelled for 25 hr (including stoppages) 3
at an average speed of 180 miles per hour. Since the bird started from the wall and came back to
Hence, the distance between Frankfurt and India is the wall every time, it will cover equal distance flying

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(25 × 180) = 4500 miles. towards the wall and away from the wall.
1600
49. 1 Since distance between Frankfurt and India is 4,500 So, it will cover  800 km flying towards the wall.

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11
= 9000 miles. And he has taken (25 + 24 + 1 )
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