Time, Speed and Distance

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Time, Speed and Distance: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Motion, Time, Alligation to Find Average Speed when Distance is Constant & Alligation in Finding Average Speed when Distances are Different etc.

Important Questions on Time, Speed and Distance

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250 m Train is running at the average speed 90 km/hr . How long will it take to pass a standing man?

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A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 120 km in 15 hours . If it covers half of the journey in 35th time, the speed to cover the remaining distance in the time left has to be:

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A thief steals a car at 2.30 pm and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 3 pm and the owner sets off in another car at 75 kmph when will he overtake the thief ?

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A man walking at 45thth of his original speed reaches his destination in 15 minutes later than the usual time. Then the usual time is:

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During a journey of 80 km, a train covers the first 60 km with a speed of 40 km/hr and completes the remaining distance with a speed of 20 km/hr. What is the average speed of the train during the whole journey?

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A man in a train notices that he can count 21 telephone posts in one minute. If they are known to be 50 metres apart, at what speed is the train travelling?

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A man travels on a scooter from A to B at a speed of 30 km/hr and returns from  B to A at 20 km/hr. The total journey was performed by him in 10 hours. Find the distance from  A to B.

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A Kinetic Honda covers a distance of 140 km in 2 hours and 20 minutes while a car covers the same distance in 1 hour and 40 minutes. What is the ratio of their speeds?

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Sarita and Julie start walking from the same place in the opposite directions. If Julie walks at a speed of 52 km/hr. and  Sarita at a speed of  2 km/hr, in how much time will they be 18 km apart?

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A car travels a distance of 75 km at the speed of 25 kmhr. It covers the next 25 km of its journey at the speed of 5 kmhr and the last 50 km of its journey at the speed of 25 kmhr. What is the average speed of the car?

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A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km and 11 km per hour respectively. What is the distance between them after 6 minutes?

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If a car travels 20 km in 2 hours and another 10 km in 3 hours, the average speed of the car is:

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Two trains running in the opposite direction with on moving twice of other speed. If the length of the train are the same P they cross each other in 13 s. The speed of a faster train is (Assume the length of train is 135 m)

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A bicycle takes 15 hr to complete the distance of 150 km between Pune to Mumbai. Sita on bicycle 1 starts from Mumbai at 6:00 AM and Gita on bicycle 2 starts from Pune at 9:00 AM on the Same day. When do the Sita and Gita meets. 

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One day, Ritu reaches her office from home 4 min early with speed of 6 km/h. Next day she decrease his speed by  2km/h and reaches her office 8 min earlier. What is the ratio of the distance of office from Ritu home to speed if she reacher office at correct time?

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Rekha travels from Delhi to Gurgaon at 5AM at 20 km/h. Rima started his journey from Gurgaon to delhi at 7 AM at 30km/h. If distance from Delhi to Gurgaon is 115 km the find the ratio between the time Rekha travels Delhi to Gurgaon and the time where they will meet according to (assuming it from 5 AM)

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An aeroplane flies with an average speed of 756 km/hr. A helicopter takes 48 hours to cover twice the distance covered by aeroplane in 9 hours. How much distance will the helicopter cover in 18 hours?

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A motor starts with the speed of 70 kmph with its speed increasing every two hours by 10 kmph. In how many hours will it cover 345 kms?

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The average speed of a train is 3 times the average speed of a car. The car covers a distance of 520 kms in 8 hours. How much distance will the train cover in 13 hours?

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Car A and a Car B starts from a point at the same time and reach another point 90 km away at the same time, if the car A was running ___% faster than the car B and took a halt for ___ minutes, while the car B was running at a speed of 60 km/hr.

Which of the following options satisfies the two blanks in the question?

A. 20, 15 B. 25, 20 C. 50, 25 D. 80, 30