Question

On a straight road, Shuvranil covers 657 km. Going back 119 km. Returned How many km from Shuvranil's original location? Stay ahead?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Average speed =

totaltime

totaldistance

Time taken to go to the market =

speed

distance

=

5

2.5

hour=

2

1

hours=30 minutes

Time taken to return back =

speed

distance

=

7.5

2.5

hour=1/3hours=20 minutes

Distance travelled in 10 minutes while returning back=

60

10

×7.5=1.25km ( Speed is constant at 7.5 km/hr )

Hence Distance traveled in 40 minutes(30 mins towards the market and 10 mins towards home) =2.5+1.25=3.75km

So average speed in 0 to 40 minutes =

60

40

hr

3.75km

=

8

45

km/hr

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