Question

Man takes 6 hours 15 minutes in walking a distance and riding back to the starting place. He could walk both ways in 7 hours 45 minutes. The time taken by him to ride both ways, is

Answer 1

Answer:

4 hrs 45 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have the time he could take to walk both ways we can calculate the time he would take to walk one way.

Time taken to walk one way is :

(7 hrs 45 minutes) / 2

We could convert the time to be of the same unit as follows :

45/60 = 3/4 hrs

7¾ hrs.

(7¾)/2 = 3⅞ hrs

The total time he takes to walk and ride is = 6¼ hrs

From this we can get the time he takes to ride one way =

6¼ - 3⅞ = 2⅜ hours

If he were riding both ways he would have taken:

2⅜ × 2 = 4 ¾ hours.

This is equivalent tob:

4 hrs 45 minutes.