Speed Time and Distance

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1. A long distance runner run 9 laps of a 400 metres track everyday. His timings (in min) for four consecutive days are 88, 96, 89 and 87 respectively. On an average, how many metres/minutes does runner cover ?


2. Ravi and Ajay start simultaneously from a place A towards B 60 km apart. Ravi's speed is 4km/h less than that of Ajay. Ajay, after reaching B, turns back and meets Ravi at a places 12 km away from B. Ravi's speed is:


3. A bus moving at a speed of 45 km/hr catches a truck 150 metres ahead going in same direction in 30 seconds. The speed of truck is :


4. A train passes two persons walking in same direction at a speed of 3 kmph and 5 kmph respectively in 10 seconds and 11 seconds respectively. The speed of train is


5. Walking at rate of 4 km an hour, a man cover a certain distance in 3 hours 45 minutes. If he covers same distance on cycle, cycling at rate of 16.5 km/hour, time taken by him is :


6. Two buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of 20 km/h at interval of 10 minutes. What is speed of a man coming from opposite direction towards bus terminal if he meets buses at interval of 8 minutes?


7. A motorboat in still water travels at speed of 36 kmph. It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes. The time taken by it to cover same distance down stream will be:


8. A man travelled a distance of 72 km in 12 hours. He travelled partly on foot at 5 km/hr and partly on bicycle at 10 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is :


9. A train passes two bridges of length 500 metres and 250 metres in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively. The length of train is :


10. A man goes to a place on bicycle at speed of 16 km/hr and comes back at lower speed. If average speed is 6.4 km/hr in total, n return speed (in km/hr) is :


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Speed Time and Distance

A long distance runner run 9 laps of a 400 metres track everyday. His timings (in min) for four consecutive days are 88, 96, 89 and 87 respectively. On an average, how many metres/minutes does runner cover ?

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Ravi and Ajay start simultaneously from a place A towards B 60 km apart. Ravi's speed is 4km/h less than that of Ajay. Ajay, after reaching B, turns back and meets Ravi at a places 12 km away from B. Ravi's speed is:

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A bus moving at a speed of 45 km/hr catches a truck 150 metres ahead going in same direction in 30 seconds. The speed of truck is :

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A train passes two persons walking in same direction at a speed of 3 kmph and 5 kmph respectively in 10 seconds and 11 seconds respectively. The speed of train is

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Walking at rate of 4 km an hour, a man cover a certain distance in 3 hours 45 minutes. If he covers same distance on cycle, cycling at rate of 16.5 km/hour, time taken by him is :

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Two buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of 20 km/h at interval of 10 minutes. What is speed of a man coming from opposite direction towards bus terminal if he meets buses at interval of 8 minutes?

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A motorboat in still water travels at speed of 36 kmph. It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes. The time taken by it to cover same distance down stream will be:

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A man travelled a distance of 72 km in 12 hours. He travelled partly on foot at 5 km/hr and partly on bicycle at 10 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is :

;

A train passes two bridges of length 500 metres and 250 metres in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively. The length of train is :

;

A man goes to a place on bicycle at speed of 16 km/hr and comes back at lower speed. If average speed is 6.4 km/hr in total, n return speed (in km/hr) is :

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