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A train which travels at the uniform rate of 10 m a second leaves Madras for Arconum at 7 a.m. At what distance from Madras will it meet a train which leaves Arconum for Madras at 7.20 a.m., and travels one-third faster than the former does, the distance from Madras to Arconum being 68 km ?

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Important Questions on Time and Distance

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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 25 - Time and Distance>Exercises>Q 11
Two boys begin together to write out a booklet containing 8190 lines. The first boy starts with the first line, writing at the rate of 200 lines an hour; and the second boy starts with the last line, then writes 8189th line and so on, proceeding backward at the rate of 150 lines an hour. At what line will they meet?
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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 25 - Time and Distance>Exercises>Q 12
A, B and C can walk at the rates of 3, 4 and 5 km an hour respectively. They start from Poona at 1, 2, 3 o'clock respectively. When B catches A, B sends him back with a message to C. When will C get the message?
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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 25 - Time and Distance>Exercises>Q 13
A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 200 metres. When the policeman starts the chase, the thief also starts running. Assuming the speed of the thief 10 kilometres an hour, and that of the policeman 12 kilometres an hour, how far will have the thief run before he is overtaken?
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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 25 - Time and Distance>Exercises>Q 14
Two men start together to walk a certain distance, one at 334 km an hour and the other at 3 km an hour. The former arrives half an hour before the latter. Find the distance.
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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 25 - Time and Distance>Exercises>Q 15
Two bicyclists do the same journey by travelling respectively at the rates of 9 and 10 km an hour. Find the length of the journey when one takes 32 minutes longer than the other.
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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 25 - Time and Distance>Exercises>Q 16
A motor car does a journey in 10 hours, the first half at 21 km per hour, and the rest at 24 km per hour. Find the distance.
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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 25 - Time and Distance>Exercises>Q 17
A man walks from A to B and back in a certain time at the rate of 312 km per hour. But if he had walked from A to B at the rate of 3 km an hour and back from B to A at the rate of 4 km an hour, he would have taken 5 minutes longer. Find the distance between A and B.
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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 25 - Time and Distance>Exercises>Q 18
A man rode out a certain distance by train at the rate of 25 km per hour and walked back at the rate of 4 km per hour. The whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes. What distance did he ride?