Question

Sarfaraz walked 2km 500m from his house to the station travelled 375 km by train and then travelled 80km by bus to govindpur village .on the way back he took a taxi straight home and travelled 420 km .which route was shorter and by how much

Answer 1

The return trip was shorter by 37.5km.

When Sarfaraz is taking the journey to the village.

Distance to the station = 2km 500m = 2.5km, as 1m is equal to 0.001km

Distance travelled by train = 375km

Distance travelled by bus = 80km

So, total distance covered while going = (2.5+375+80)km = 457.5km

Distance travelled while coming back in taxi = 420km

So, he had to cover less distance while returning in taxi.

Difference in between the distances = (457.5-420)km = 37.5km