
A person shooting at a target from a distance of metres finds that the sound of the bullet hitting the target comes seconds after he fired. A person equidistant from the target and shooting point hears the bullet hit seconds after he heard the gun. The speed of sound is:


Important Questions on Time and Distance
A monkey climbs a slippery pole high. It rises meter in every one minute and slips a half meter in every next minute. Find how soon it will reach the top?

A boy walks at and reaches his school minutes late. Next day he walks at and start at the same time, reaches his school minutes early. How far is the school from his house?

A train starts from Delhi with a certain number of passengers. At Ghaziabad, gets down and gets in. At Aligrah, gets down and gets in. At Kanpur, of them gets down and gets in. When the train leaves Kanpur, there are passengers. How many passengers boarded the train at Delhi?

The radius of a circular wheel is and it moves at the rate of revolutions per minute. The speed of the wheel is:


Two men and , start from a place , walking at and . How much distance apart will they be after hours if they are walking in the same direction?

Two men and , start from a place , walking at and . What will be the distance between them after hours if they walk in opposite directions?

A person has to make a journey of . He rides a cycle at . After going a certain distance, the cycle got punctured, and he walks the remaining distance at . Where did the cycle get punctured if the total time taken for the journey was hours?
