
The average of the speed of the boat upstream and the speed of the boat downstream is equal to the:


Important Questions on Time and Distance



The sum of the times taken by train and train to cross their own lengths is twice the time taken by them to cross each other when they are travelling in opposite direction to each other. If takes to cross a stationary pole, then find the time taken by to do the same (in ).

A man can row in still water. It takes him thrice as long to row up as to row down the river. Find the speed of the stream.

A person saves in covering a certain distance by increasing his speed by . What is the time taken to cover the distance at his usual speed?

Two trains and are travelling from station and station respectively in the opposite direction and they are apart. Train starts from station with the speed at and train starts station with the speed at At what time will they cross each other?

In a race, beats by and in the same race, beats by . By what distance does beat ?
The following steps are involved in solving the above problem. Arrange them in sequential order.
The ratio of distance covered by and and the ratio of distances covered by and .
When is at from the starting point, will be at from the starting point.
beats by , i.e., .
The ratio of distances covered by and
