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Two cars left points A and B simultaneously, travelling towards each other. hours after their meeting the car travelling from A arrived at B, and hours after their meeting, the car travelling from B arrived at A. How many hours did it take the slower car to cover the whole distance?
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Important Questions on Time, Speed and Distance
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A pedestrian and a cyclist left Nagpur for Buti Bori at the same time. Having reached Buti Bori, the cyclist turned back and met the pedestrian an hour after the start. After their meeting, the pedestrian continued his trip to Buti Bori and the cyclist turned back and also headed for Buti Bori. Having reached Buti Bori, the cyclist turned back again and met the pedestrian mins after their first meeting. Determine at what time it takes the pedestrian to cover the distance between Nagpur and Buti Bori.
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Two people started simultaneously from points A and B towards each other. At the moment the person who started from A had covered two-thirds of the way, the other person had covered km less than half the total distance. If it is known that when the person who Started from Bhad covered of the way, the other person was km short of the mid point. Find the distance between A and B. The speeds of the two people were constant.
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Sohan and Lallan left their house simultaneously, Thirty six minutes later, Sohan met his uncle travel ling to their house, while Lallan met the uncle twelve minutes after Sohan. Twenty four minutes after his meeting with Lallan, the uncle rang the door bell at Sohan and Lallan's house. Assume cach person travels at a constant speed. Find the ratio of the speeds of Sohan to Lallan to the uncle.
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Aurangzeb and Babar with their troups lefh from Delhi and Daulatabad towards each other simultaneously. Each of them marched at a constant speed and having arrived at their respective points of destination, went hack at once. Their first meeting was km from Daulatabad, and the second meeting, eight hours earlier the first meeting was at a distance of km from Delhi. Find the distance between the Delhi and Daulatabad.
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The tourists left simultaneously point A for point B, the first tourist covers each kilometre minutes faster than the second. After travelling of the way, the first tourist returned to A, stopped there for minutes and again started for B. The two tourists arrived at B simultaneously. What is the distance between A and B if the second tourist covered it in hours.
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Amar and Akbar left Bhubaneshwar simultaneously and travelled towards Cuttack. Amar's speed was km/h and that of Akbar was 12 km/h. Half an hour later, Anthony left Bhubaneshwar and travelled in the same direction. Some time later, he overtook Akbar and 90 minutes further on he overtook Amar. Find Anthony's speed.
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A road passes through the towns Sangamner and Yeotmal. A cyclist started from Sangamner in the direction of Yeotmal. At the same time, two pedestrians started from Yeotmal travelling at the same speed, the first of them towards Sangamner and the other in the opposite direction. The cyclist covered the distance between the towns in half an hour and, continued ahead in the same direction. He overtook the second pedestrian, hours after he met the first pedestrian. The distance from which the cyclist meets the first pedestrian and the second pedestrian is . Determine the time the cyclist spent travelling from Sangamner to the point of the meeting with the first pedestrian if the cyclist speed is two times the pedestrian.
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Two people A and B start moving from P and Q that are km apart, towards each other A is on a moped and B on foot. They meet at a point R when A gives B a lift to P and returns to his original path to reach Q. On reaching Q he finds that he has taken times his normal time. B on the other hand realises that he has saved minutes over his normal travel time. Find the ratio of their speeds.
