Question

14. A car takes 2 hours less than a train in
covering a distance of 500 km. Due to some
technical reasons the speed of car is halved.
Now it takes 2 hours more than a train to
cover the same distance. Find the speed of
car and train.
plz tell me ​

Answer 1

\therefore\frac{60}{80}=\frac{x}{2}∴  

80

60

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=  

2

x

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\Rightarrow\ x=\frac{60\times2}{80}⇒ x=  

80

60×2

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x=\frac{3}{2}x=  

2

3

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x=1\frac{1}{2}x=1  

2

1

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The car will take 1\frac{1}{2}1  

2

1

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hours to reach the destination.