Total Gadha’s Complete Book of Time, Speed and Distance weenie AG‘Time Speed and Distance For an MBA aspirant, @ problem on time, speed and distance means solving complex situations with the help of many equations. The ‘chapter has both easy and tough aspects to it. The easy aspect is the formula; there is only one formula- Distance = spaed x time- and it Is known to every student. The tough aspect of course Is the application of the formula; most students apply equations to solve the problems based on this formula, Let's have a look at a typical time, speed and distance problem: ‘Two trains start from stations A and B, respectively, towards each ot er at 12:00 noon. The trains take 7 hours and 13 hours, respectively, to cover the whole trip. What time do the two trains meet? py, Distance = speed x time ‘There are two special cases that are derived from this equation- + DISTANCE CONSTANT: Ifthe distance for travel ie constant then the time taken for travel is inversely proportional to time, ie. hh v2 sh” Speed Tn Timea rd ‘herd then fais dedi ttmaishve. ieee thle ote oa nd het rd ithe ei tine ett tee i 2 att met tt mes Sith sid itt principle into practice: Examples: leave my home everyday at 8:00 am and reach my office at 200 am, not stopping anywhere along the way. One day, Eleft my home at my rr i dd fit a ect 2 yo rn Ma stb msn thse ai it shy tenn ie A aeenipe fe cota meh fara my arti iS 3 ity. Trecho ht 80. ny snd ta cht in my pathic Zot mr rca ie, Terr, take 2 30 = 45 ines ech ay; sho the re, 8:30 sian _Nomil speed ®29 soril S684 ying Gurentspeed Gus Reaared speed Linch nia of 2:4, To ech he fn ine Tome wer wn hal he enn 15 itn Wi my nama send travel the second haf ofthe distance in 30 minutes. Therefore, to travel the came distance in 25 minutes, 1 wil have to travel with a speed double of my normal speed. weenie AGar nd Inthe previous queton, I traveled theft haf ofthe distance at Zo my origina speed and the second half the distance at Sof my original speed. at what time will reach office? ord newer: As discussed in the previous question, will reach the midpoin ofthe path a 8:45 with» speed [of my origina speed. 230 9:00 x00 Normal speed Normal speed ML 45, Vo ord 1m sth t Zot yo st Sec oy gn total time that I take ig = 45 4 20 = 65 minutes. Therefore, [reach my affine 5 mint ite o Lyn eons ste anes medrowanrniasa ict tare ata octet a 15 minutes late. What time do I normally take to reach my office? 3% 30 = 20 minutes. Therefore, the ch sneer: cc ime kn ibn popsi othe psn te peter 2 othe hl pt cs ch thie aan cen ttn rl ie a th ema oak yy et Tao, 2 oth rl end hie taken ie 3 Extra time taken = St. ¢= £2 1sminsot= 45 min. a a: . A train goes fam station Ato sation 8 everyday. One day traveled wth ofits origina sped because f engine trouble at A and reached station B at 6:15 pm. Ifthe trouble had occurred after the train had traveled 100 km from A, the train would have reached B at 6:00, ppm. What is the normal speed of the train? th Answer: The situation is summaraed inthe picture below. When the tren travels the complete distance with speed ofits original speed th 4 it reaches Bat 6:15. When it travels the distance CB (where Cis 100 km from A) withthe peed ofits eriginal speed, it reaches 8 at 6:00. ‘The situation is similar to the previous question. From the figure we can see that the diference in arrival time in the two scenarios is cccurring because of the difference in tuo speeds for the distance AC. Because the tain Is traveling the distance CB with the same speed in both the cases, this distance is not contributing to the change in arival time. th te itn Ann Wibod ed" tt sed itch eo Lvl he ance A wh ma ened Then fit ct he tine enw be Teen tne takn = SE == ints the cao natin i> ‘Therefore, time taken by the train to travel 200 km = 1 h= the speed of the train = 100 km/h weenie AG 60 minutes.fa man oycles at 10 kerr, then he arrives at a certain place at 1 p.m. if he cycles at 15 kro/hr, he will arrive atthe same place at 11 a.m. [At what speed must he cycle to get there at noon? (CAT 2004) 4. it km/h 2.12 kavh 3. 13 kwh 4.14 krvh ‘Answer: The distance is constant in this case, Let the time taken for travel with a speed of 10 key be t. Now the speed of 15 km/h is mes the speed of 19 km/h, Therefore, te taken wth speed of 2S kh will be 2 ‘Therefore, entra time taken = ¢- SE = Lezhst=6h. Therefore the distance = 10 «6 = 60 km. To reach at noon, the man will take 3 5h. Therefore, the speed = 60/5 = 12 km/h ‘Ram and Shyam run a race between points A and B, S km apart. Ram starts at 9 a.m. from A at 2 speed of 5 km/hr, reaches B, and returns to at the same speed. Shyam starts at 9:45 axm, from A at a speed 2f 10 km/hr, reaches B end comes back te A at the same speed. (CAT 2005) [At what time doee Shyam overtake Ram? 1, 10:20 a.m. 2, 10:30 am. 3. 10:40 am, 4. 10:50 a.m, Answer: Both Ram and Shyam are reaching 8 from & and then returning. When Shyam overtakes Ram, the distances traveled by both of them are equal. Therefore, the bes taken are inversely proportional to their speeds, Let Ram take t minutes for travel Shyam overtakes hhim. As Shyam started 45 minutes after Ram he takes ¢~ 45 minutes. Ve = tL - “SHYaM 2 = t= 90min. Therefore, Shyam overtakes Ram at 10:30 am. 45 “Mun Arun, Barun and Kiranmala start from the same place and travel in the same direction at speeds of 30, 40 and 60 km per hour, respectively. Barun starts two hours after Arun. 17 Barun and Kiranmala overtake Arun at the same instant, how many hours Arun did Kiranemala start? (cat 2006) Answer: The ratio of speeds of Arun and Barun is 3: 4. Therefore, to travel the same distance, the times taken will be in the ratio 4: 3, Let ‘Arun take time t. Therefore, Barun takes t~ 2 ac he started 2 hours afier Arun. 13 2.38 34 445 5.5 t - a => t = 8. Therefore Arun takes 8 hours. Now Kiranmala will take half that time as her speed is twice of Arun's speed. Therefore, she wil take 4 ours forthe same distance. Therefore, she shoud star ours after Arun, + TIME CONSTANT: 1th time for travel is constant then the cstance traveled is drestiy proportional othe speed. ¥ Distance « Speed => 2b a ML D2 \e “Therefore if the speed of travel i doubled, the distance traveled in the same time will double. Ifthe speed of travel is halved, the distance traveled in the same time will be halved. and e0 on, In the igure above, two care start from the same point with speede of 40 km/h and 60 km/h. The ratio of their speed is 2: any time interval tthe distance traveled by them would be in the ratic 2: 3, as shown in the figure. ee lan li 3. Therefore, after A In the figure above, the two cars start simultaneously from two points, A and 8, towards each other. The ratio oftheir speed is 2: 3. ‘Therefore, after any time interval t, the distance traveled by them would be in the ratio 2: 3, as shown in the figure. Let's put this princile into practise: weenie AGExamples: ‘Two cars simultaneously start traveling towards each other at 40 km/h and 50 km/h from two points A and B, respectively. The distance AB is 1800 km. At what distance from A do the cars meet for the first time? Answer: Since the cars are taking equal time for travel, the distances traveled by them wil bein the ratio 4: 5, The total distance is 1 800 4 kr. Therefore, the distance traveled by the car rom A willbe equal to <= 1800 = 800. Therefore, the cars will meet at a distance of 1800 km from A In the previous question, the two cars do not stop after meeting but continue on their way. After reaching the opposite end points, they again return along the path. At what distance from A will the care meet for the second time? Answer: The situation is summarized in the figure shown below: 1800 SS" 1800 -D D Let the two cars mest ata distance D from A for the cecond time, The car from A has traveled a total distance of 1800 + 1800 ~ D. The car from B hs traveled a total distance of 1800 + D. ‘Therefore, the total distance traveled by the two cars = 1800 + 1600-D + 1800 + D = 3 x 1800 = 5400 km. Since the two cars are stil traveling for the same time, the distances traveled will again be in the ratio of 4: 5. Therefore, the distance traveled by the car from B is 5400 = 3000. 3000 = 1800 + 1200. Therefore, the car from B travels 1800 from 6 to A and then a further distance of ual ta 7 4+5 1200 km. Therefore, the two cars meet ata distance of 1200 km from A. Karan and Arjun run a 100-metre race, where Karan beats Arjun by 10 metres. To do a favour to Arjun, Karan starts 10 metres Behind the starting ne in a second i00-metre race. They both run at their earlier speeds. Which of the following is true in connection with the second race? (CAT 2004) 1. Karan and Acjun reach the finishing line simultaneously. 2. arjun beats Karan by 1 metre. 3. Arjun beats Karan by 11 metres, 4. Karan beats Arun by 1 metre. START FINSH oe Karan In the first case, Karan travels 100 7a and Aun Favela SO mh the sane Gre, Theetee, re BOG Wer speeds ie 20:9. Inthe second Case, karan traveling 10 mt reach the ash ine. In the same tine, the distances traveled By both of them wil again ben the same ‘ate aa that ofthe apeeds. Dagjun _ Varun _, OArjun = 25 Dagun =99.m Dyaran karan 110 "30 Nun “Therefore, Arjun has traveled only 99 m when Karan reaches the Fish line. Hence, Karan bests Arun by 1m. weenie AGRam and Shyam run a race between points A and B, 5 km apart. Ram starts at 9 a.m: from A at 3 speed of S km/hr, reaches B, and returns toA at the same speed. Shyam starts at 9:45 a.m. from A at @ speed of 10 karVhr, reaches B and comes back to A at the same speed. (CAT 2005) {At what time do Ram and Shyam first meet each other? 1. 10am. 2, 10:10 a.m. 3. 10:20 am. 4, 10:30am. Answer: Ram takes one hour to travel 5 km and hence reaches at 10:00 am. By 10:00 am, Shyam has traveled 2.5 km and is therefore, halfway through. After 10:00 am, Ram will tart traveling back towards A and Shyam will be traveling towards B. Now, when they meet, they would have taken the same time for travel (after 10:00 am that is). Therefore, distance traveled by Shyam would be twice the cistance traveled by Ram (Shyam’s speed is twice that of Ram's speed). The inkial gap between them at 10:00 am is half of AB. Now Shyam wil travel 2/3% of that distance and Shyam will travel 1/3" of that distance. As Shyam travels half the distance in 25 minutes, he will travel 2/3 of that distance in 2/3)» 15 = 10 min. Therefore, they will mest at 10:10 am. ‘Three runners A, B and C run a race, with runner A finishing 12 m ahead of runner B and 18 m ahead of runner C, while runner B finishes 8 m ‘ahead of runner C, Each runner travels the entire distance at a constart speed. What was the length of the race? (CAT 2001) 136m ‘48m ‘3.60 7am Answer: The two cases are shown in the igure below: START EMSH START ANSE D Ss, 4 When & reaches the firish line, B iD ~ 12 m behind and Cie D~ 38 mm behind. Since the time taken is same the ratio of speeds of & and C is D-12 D B= 12 When B reaches the finish line, Cis D-8 m behind. The ratio of speeds of B and Cis —O— D-i8 D-8" O-12 2 = p-48m D-18D-8 ‘train approaches 2 tunnel AB. Incde the tunnels a cat located at a point that is 3/8 of the distance As measured from the entrance A, Wien the isin whistles the cat runs, Ifthe cat mover fo the entrance of the tunnel &, the tain catches the cat exactly at the entrance. ifthe cat moves tothe exit 8, the train catches the cat exactly atthe ext. The speed of the train is greater than the speed ofthe cat by what order? (CAT 2002) Lt at 35:4 4. None ofthese Answer: Let the train be at a distance y fom A. Let the length ofthe tunnel AB be 8x, Therefore, the cat is at 3 from A, Now both the conditions given in the questions azsume same fe’ scenario. Therefar, the rabo of the speeds of the cat and the train will be equal to the abo of the distances traveled by them The ratio = oe a = y= 12x. Therefore, the ratio of speeds= Y= 4 x Bx Atrsin X departs from station A at 11.00 2.m. for station B, whichis 180 km away. Ancther train ¥ departs from station B at 11.00 a.m. for station A, Tram X travels at an average speed of 70 kvl and docs not stop anywhere until it arrives at station B. Train ¥ travels at an average speed of 50 km/hr, but has to stop for 15 minutes at staton C, which is 60 km away from station B enroute to stabon A. Ignoring the lengths ofthe trains, what i the distance, to the nearest km, from station A to the pont where the trains cross each cther? (CAT 2001) Lug 2.118 3.120 4. None of these Answer: This question can be easily solved through a smart move, Tran ¥ stops for 18 minutes. In 15 minutes it would have traveled 12.5, hm. Therefore, let's us start train Y 12.5 km behind station 5. Therefore, the total distance between the trains is 182.5 km. Now we can 7 divide this distance inthe ratio oftheir speeds, 7: 5. Therefore, the train x travels == 192.5 = 112 km weenie AGIn the igure given below, two cars start from the same point with speeds of 100 km/h and 80 km/h, respectively in the same direction. TOO) 0] 300] 400] ' \ Ist Hour lind Hour rd Hour 1vth Hour We can see tat every hour the faster car covers 20 km more than the distance traveled by the slower ear Therefore, the distance bebween the slower esr and the Foter car iereases by 20 km every hour. The pap between the cra 20 km in one ur 40 kin tao hours, 60 kn Intives hours, snd ao on Note thatthe gap between the cars does not depend on thelr absolute speeds but the difference between thei speeds. The gop woul stl be increasing by 20 km every hour f the apeede ofthe cas ware 90 K/h snd 70 km, Aer four hours the gap baleen the care 80 km. FF atthis moment, we pres the rewind button, the cars wil start going Backwards andthe faster car wil now be chasing the slower car. The intial stance bebven tre faster car tnd the Bower cari 30h The faster cor wl be reducing te gap between te cas by 20 km every hour Therefore, to reduce the gop of 0 kn wil take + ours: rom Wie analyse we deduce tat ve taken = Thal goo 20 Time taken = Seance reduced per uname "20 Notice thatthe time taken forthe acter car to catch up with the slower cr fim an inal diatance af 80 kr willbe the same as when their Speeds are SD kmh and 70 kV, 120 km/h and 100 knvhy or 360 K/h and 140 kmh In the figure given below, the two cars, traveling with 80 km/h and 100 km/h, are moving towards each other with an initial distance of 360 km between them. In one hour, the distance traveled by the first car is 80 km and the distance traveled by the second car is 100 km. ‘Therefore, every hour, the two reduce the gap by 180 kin ao ars 360 km In one hour, the distance traveled by the first car is 60 km and the distance traveled by the second car is 100 km. Therefore, every hour, the ‘two reduce the gap by 180 km. foe taken = Init ono 300 Tee ae Distance reduced per unt ame 160 "> Notice thet the time taken forthe two care to meet from anita stance of 360 km willbe the seme as whan their speeds are 90 kmh and So kmh, 120 kms and 60 km/h, or 260 havin and 20 kn/n. Notice thatthe distance reduced per unit time is nothing but relative speed the sum or difference of the speeds depending on the relative ivection of travel of the two bodies. Therefore, Time taken = —tniti initial gap Relative speed ‘Two boats, traveling at S and 10 km per hour, head directly towards esch cther. They begin at a distance of 20 km from each other. How far ‘apart are they (in km) one minute before they colide? [nswer: As the boats are traveling towards each ather, they are reducing the gap by 15 km every hour or 1/4 km every minute, Therefore, the gap before colsion will be 1/4 km. a ¢ “B A thief ran out ofa police station at 4:00 pm with a speed of & km/h. At 5:09 pm, a policeman ran after the thief with a speed of 10 km/h, At what time will the policeman catch the thie? ‘newer: From 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm, the thief will cover a distance of 8 km. When the policeman tarts running after the thief, he reduces the sn them by 2 1 hour, Therefore, Time taken « ————_mitia, gap_ 4 2p between them by 2 km per hour: Therefore, Time taken « Ms AP a Bath a In the above exalt fe policeman has a doa which runs upto the tlef at 45 kmh, then raturs to the policeman, again Tune up tothe thief af returns tothe olisman and so an, tthe plleoman catehos the tie. Calculate 2°? She total distance traveled by te doa 2) The total distance traveled by the dag i the forward erection, ‘Answer: The total distance traveled by the dog is easy to calculate. As the dog will be running for 4h, the total distance It runs is equal to 4x 15 = 60 km. For the second part, let’s see one cycle. Let the dog and the policeman be together at the red dot right now. Then the deg goes forward and catches the thief. Let it catch the thief after traveling a distance D from the red dot. Now the dog will return and weenie AGthe policeman and the dog will meet somewhere In between. As the time of the travel Is same the distance traveled by them will be in the ratio of their speed i.e. 10: 15 or 2: 3. The total distance covered Is 2D, which we shall divide in the ratio 2: 3. Therefore, the dog travels 2D x 3/5 = 60/5 and the policeman travels 20 2/5 = 4D/5. Therefore, they meet at a point which Is 4/5 of the total distance. Therefore, the dog travels D in the forward direction and D/S in the backward direction, Therefore, the ratio of the dog's forward distance to the backward distance Is 5! 1 Since the total distance traveled by the dag Is 60 km, the distance in the forward direction is 60 « 5/6 = 50 km. Average Speed Total Distance é ‘The formula for the average speed is Average speed ~ RAL DStance | see es Total Time 8 Let a body travel distances of di, dz and ds with speeds v,, ve and vs. Then the average speed would beequal to dy + dp +43 Hig Ma ge Ar, “42 ¥3 1h Ifa body travels two equal distances with speeds v, and vs, Its average speed Is equal, ANZ) Ue Npev2 4 2 Cities A and B are in different time zones. A is located 3000 km east of B. The table below describes the schedule of an airline operating nonstop flights between A and B. All the times indicated are local and on the same day. Departure Arrival City Time City Time B 8:00 am A 3:00 pm A 4:00 pm B 3:00 pm Assume that planes cruise at the same speed in both directions. However, the effective peed is influenced by a steady wind blowing from east to west at 50 km per hour. 1, What is the time difference between A and B? (1) 1 hour and 30 minutes (2) 2 hours (3) 2 hours and 30 minutes (4) 1 hour (5) Cannot be determined 2. What is the plane’s cruising speed in km per hour? (1) 700 (2) 550 (3) 600 (4) 500 (5) Cannot be determined. “aa ‘The flight leaves city 8 BE'8:00 am and comes back at 8:00 pm taking 12 hours. Counting 1 hour af stoppage time (trom 3:00 to 4:00), the flight takes 11 hours for the back and forth trip. Therefore, the average speed Is 3000/11 km/h. Let the speed of the plane be v. Therefore, its speed from B to A and back are v - 50 and v + 50. _, 3000 _ 2(v-50)(v +50) = - Solving we get v = 550 km/h, Also the time difference between A and 8 = 1 hr. i 2v Crossing of Two bodies (special case) € http:/ /www.totalgadh:vet a@—_——_——_@8 vib Let two bodies start from A and B simultaneously towards each other with speeds v, and vz, respectively. After meeting at point P, they take time t, and t, to reach their destinations. ‘The distance AP = vsts and distance PB = vit Now since the bodies start simultaneously, they take the same tine to meet at B PR AP PBL _ [t M2 v2 Vib This is a special case to remember. ne ay stated om At 8 ath 12. le aed a O10 ak xy 2 Male f post four a reached bur desinaion at ovat th sme time What time was 8 Answer: I have traveled for 245 minutes whereas my friend has traveled for 125 minut we meat, Ipwe reverse the Ra ee ne ee ee 5 mine an 129 minutos to vy (i255 reach our destinations. Therefore, YL = 225 _ 5. rherofore, the distance that 1 thayeed in 248}inutes, my fiend wil V2 V245 7 —) travel in 245 x 5/7 = 175 minutes. Therefore, total time of travel for my friendlk2s + W78ie9gH0 minutes. Therefore, we reach ‘our destinations at 7:00 pm. a Se Upstream and Downstream Cases/ Escalator ot ‘when a boat travels in the same direction as the river curfent, we sayithat itis tryéling downstream. Thus if v is the speed of the boat in still water, and u Is the speed of the current, then its tot his Downstream spocd =v su Whane boat travels atta the river current eavels upstream. tn ths case ts total speed Is Upetresm speed’ va i 1 oi y Asmulurbual can yo 10 willes Uuwisti ean ott fl 10 & Spun ofthe eran See ie care raved is constant, tha welagen Se en Be goveu on sjgo 204m y= 00 é Escalators are simple application of lean ana nstrean concept with a twist the distance to be traveled, the ttl length of the escalator (moasured in tho nunbor of sais) femal constant. Escalators, 1F you think about It, a person will imb more stairs than the total length if he's climbing against the escalator movement and he'l climb less stairs than the total length if he’s climbing in the same direction as the escalator movement. Let 3 person's climbing speed be v Stairs/minute and the escalator speed be u stalrs/minute. Let the person climb N stairs in total to cover the escalator. To climb W stairs hell take time t= N/v minutes. In this time, escalator will throw out (N/v) = u stars. Case 1: Climbing against the escalator- Total length of escalator = Number of stairs climbed ~ stairs coming out of the escalator in weenie AGCase 2: Climbing with the escalator~ Total length of escalator same time = NN (N/v) xu 1am in the habit of walking up the subway escalator while it Is running. 1 climb 20 steps at my normal pace and it takes me 60 seconds to reach the top, whereas my wife climbs only 16 steps and It takes her 72 seconds to reach the top. If the escalator broke down tomorrow, how many steps would I have to climb? ‘Answer: Let the spaed of the escalator be u stalrs/ sac. Since the length of the escalator is constant 20 + 60u~= 16 + 72u>u = 4/3 stalrs/ sec. Therefore, the total length of the escalator = 20 + Ou = 40 stairs Use of Arithmetic and Harmonic Progression in Time, Speed and Distance Hore Is a textbook situation in Time, Speed and Distance: A man goes from point A to point B Meh Ve What is his average velocity? : . Total Dis tance silly Average Velocity =~" SENCE 6 ones Using the formula Total Time, the average velocity can be fétind to be 2yy came 111"? . So far 80 good. % Wy Ever wondered wy we get his result? Why do we get the veloc athe harmonic mean of Wie vabcies? The ener Hes n bess cof arithmetic and harmonic progressions fs eS Fes Lot f; and & be the time taken while going from A to 8 and comigg ere station | 8 hp oi below: n aaa a ‘ a 2 “he, as meaifilfiean that» person takes the same time, toms while ooh ow: ‘The total tme taken wal be inaother wp oman wil ben arithmetic progression sohowl f idtgetca to veloctyai®™ Remerer that wb cistance i constant velocity is incesely proportional to time? Le. Vis proportional TFT, Te, and Ts were in arithmetic progression, then 1/T., 1/Te, 1/T: are In harmonic progression ~ harmonic progression => V;, V. and V,are in harmonie progression! KT, KT, Ts are in Itean also be proved that if Vs, Vs and V, are In arithmetic progression, then T:, Ts, and T; are in harmonic progression. weenie AG So here's the rule:Given that the distance between two points is constant, © Ifthe velocities are in arithmetic progression, then the times taken are in harmonic progression, © Ifthe times taken are in arithmetic progression, then the velocities are in harmonic progression, Now let’s apply these rules in practical problems:~ i If a man eycles at 10 knv/hr, then he arrives at a certaia place at | p.m. If he eycles 'e,* at 15 knv/hr, he will arrive at the same place at [1 a.m, At what speed must he & / Wy cycle to get there at noon? (CAT 2004) f ~ A. LL knvh B. 12 kmv/h C.Bkavh D. 14 knvh ae Answer: Do you see that the times taken are in arithmetic progression with common difference of 1 hr? Therefore, the velocities will be in harmonic progression. = the velocity needed to reach at 12:00 will be the harmonic mean of velocities needed to reach at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm. 2x10x15 = 12 knv/h 10415) & bd 2. Arun, Barun and Kiranmala start from the same place and travel in the same direction at speeds of 30, 40 and 60 km per hour respectively. Barun starts two hours after Arun. If Barun and Kiranmala overtake Arun at the same instant, how many hours after Arun did Kiranmala start? (CAT 2006) AB B35 C4 D.4.5 ES Answer: Do you see that the speeds are in harmonic progression? Also, since Arun, Barun and Kiranmala are starting from a same point and meeting at a same point, they are traveling equal distances. Hence, time caken will be in arithmetic progression. Hence, Kiranmala will start 2 hours after Barun or 4 hours after Arun, weenie AG3. A boy is walking along the direction of two parallel railway tracks. On one of these tracks, trains are going in one direction at equal intervals. On the other track, trains are going in the opposite direction at the same equal intervals. The speed of every train is same. In one direction, a train crosses the boy every 20 minutes and, in the opposite direction, a train crosses the boy every 30 minutes. If the boy stands still beside the tracks, at intervals of how many minutes will two consecutive trains going in the same direction cross him? A.22 B.24 os D.26 Answer: Let the speed of a train be v and the walking speed of the boy be #. The train going in same direction as that of the boy will heve a relative speed of vw. A train going in the opposite direction as that of the boy will have a relative speed of v + u. If the boy stops moving, every train will have a speed of » relative to the boy. Note that v ~ 1, v, v + w are terms ofan arithmetic progression. Hence the times will be in harmonic progression. Hence, time interval when the boy stands still = 2*20x30 20430 harmonic mean of 20 and 30 = 14 minutes, 4. A crew can row a certain course up stream in 84 minutes; they can row the same course down stream in 9 minutes less than they could row it in still water: how long would they take to row down with the stream? Answer: Let the velocity of the boat be v and the velocity of the boat be 1. Then, the up stream, still water, and down stream velocities will be v—u, v and v +, respectively. As the velocities are in arithmetic progression and the distance is constant, the times will be in harmonic progression, = still water time = harmonic mean of up stream tim? and down stream time Let the still water time be f. therefore, down stream time = f— 9. 2xB4x(F aa ts 8441-9 Climbing up an escalator going down, Ram takes 60 minutes to reach from ground floor to the first floor. Climbing down on the same escalator going down, Ram takes 30 minutes to reach the ground floor from the first floor. How many minutes will Ram take to reach the first floor from the ground floor if the stairs were still? Don't you already know the answer? © weenieclocks The concetof rela spea can be ale to eave the preblem of chek, The two hand of cock are nothing but two runners runing ‘around a reular track. +The distance is measured in degrees. There are 20 degrees between any two consecutive hour pesitions. At 4:00 o cock, the distance between the minute hand and the hour hand is 320° At? 0 clock, the distance between the minute hand end hour hand ie 240%, and so on. ‘© The speed is measured in degrees per minute. The minute hand rotates one full circle in one hour, or it travels 360° in 60 minutes. ‘Therefore, the speed of the minute hand is §*/min, The hour hand travels 30° (from one hour position to the next) in one hour. ‘Therefore, the cpeed of the hour hand is 1/2°/min. +The relative speed of the minute hand with respect to the hour hand is 6'/min- 1/2*/min = 11/2"/min. Therefore, the minute hand chases the hour hand around the circle with a relative speed of 11/2"/min [At whet time between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm, will the minute hand ané the hour hand meet? ‘Answer: At 4:00 pm, the distance between the minute hand and the hour hand is 120", as shown below: alti, a ‘Therefore, the minute hand is 120° behind at 4:00 pm and then it starts closing the gap by 11/2" every minute. Therefore, the time taken to catch up with hour hand completly = Jota gop 22.0 Os 212 minutes. Therefore, at 212 minutes past Distance reduced per unit br ar it 4:00, the two hands will be together. Cnmanbhal starts a bin when the hands ofthe dock are together beeen 8am and 9am. He aves at his destination between 2pm and S'bmhen the hands ar exacay 00" apart. How ong di et ae? Anaver: At 0:00 am, the distance between te minute hand andthe hour hand is 240°. takes the minute hand 240 $82.=43-7-minto catch up with the hour hand. There, at 43% minutes pst 9:00, the wo hands re opt At 2:00 py, the Gtnce beeen mite hand and hour hand is 60°. Therefore, frst the minute hand has to cover this gap of 60° and then get ahead by further 180° to make an angle ‘of 180° with the hour hand, Therefore, the total relative distance it needs to travel = 240° with respect to the hour hand. Therefore, time = 240 490. 3.7 oan, mi nds are 180° apart. Therefore, the totel time taken token = Sp = A 2437 min, Therefore, at 43; minutes past 2:0, the tv hands are 280" apart, Therefore he tal ime taken fr z z the trip = time taken from 8:43-7 to 2:437 = 6 hours, ip = time taken from 8:49-7 to 2:.497 = 6 ho “Ey a ° http:/ /www.totalgadha.com %"what is the time interval between two successive meets of the minute hand and the hour hand? Answer: Once the minute hand and the hour hand are together, the minute hand starts increasing the gap between the hour hand and itself by 1/2" every minute. Therefore, when thas ncreased the gap by 36", it again meets the hour hand. The time taken to increace the cep by 250 = 332 = 72 555 minutes There the mite ands the hour han mest very 65Snmiate. 1 left for Dagny’s house between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm and when he retumed at some time between 8:00 pm and 9:00 pm, he noticed that the minute hand and hour hand had interchanged their positions. What time did TG leave? “Answer: The pasitions are shown in the figure below’ 1 \ it Y ty 9. 1 3} a } oN 4 a 1 od 3 Let the angle between the minute hand and the hour hand be initially. To bring the hour hand from between 5 and 6 to between 8 and 9, the minute hand travels two complete cirles ang the angle 360 ~ 8, “herefore, the total distance traveled by the minute hand in degrees is 260 + 360+ 360~ 8 = 1060-8, A the peed ofthe minut andi degrees print, te tine ake fortrave = 3282=2 an wis time, the hour hand travels only @. As the speed of the hour hand is 1/2 degrees per minute, the time taken for travel is 28. = 100058 25-24 «2080, therfore, the mine had i 000/33 ees ahead ofthe hur hand between 5:00 ard 6:00. 5:00 the distance betwee he mince hand and the hou andi £50, There to get aheod by 108033 degrees, the mint hand wl have to 3030 travel a relative distance of 150 + 1080/13 degrees = 3030/13 degrees. The time taken to get ahead = 13 = 5050 «42.54 minutes . ats let at 5:42 Therefore, TG left at $2 4255 a CIRCULAR MOTION Let’s examine two runners running on @ circular track, of length 1000 ™, in the same direction. The runners, A and B, start from the same point with speeds of 10 m/s and 7 m/s, respectively. The fiaure is shown below: 30 m/s [A completes the circle in 1000/20 2 and & completes the circle in 1000/7 s. Therefore, & is atthe starting point every 1000/10 = 100 s, ie. & is atthe starting point after 100 «, 200 s, 300s. and oo on. B is at th starting point after every 1000/7 5, i.e. B is at the starting point after 1000/7 s, 2000/7 s, 3000/7 5... and co on. The LCM of 100 and 1000/7 is 1000. Therefore, both A and B are together at the starting point again after 1000 s. ‘The moment A and 8 start from the starting point, A starts getting ahead of B. Every second, A increases the gap between B and him by 3 m, ‘Therefore, the gap between A and 8 after is 3m after 1, & m after 2s, 9 m after 3'5, and s0 on. When A increases the gap between B and hi by 100 he wl etch up wth 8 again, Therefore, tne taken for Ato catch up with 8.agnn is = 2222 tn 22025, atravele a ditance of 10120» 10299 mand @ vee datance of 732027092 m, now, 29821000433. and 2000 = 100024. therefore, A takes 2rounds and 8 takes 24 rounds (notice that A takes exaetly one ound mare thant catch B scan, which st be expected). Now, A Keeps catching ater every 2000/3 s, Therefore, A and B first meet after 1000/3 s atthe first meeting point (shown in the figure), after 2000/3 s at the second meeting point (shown in the figure) and after 3000/3 1000 sat the starting point. We have veried tires ready, 2A ana B macs the sartng pont ser 2000 = weenie AG‘second mecting First meeting If and 8 start running in the opposite directions from the starting pcint, they will reduce the gap between them by 17 m every second. ‘Therefore, time taken for them to meet = 1000/47 s. Thus, A and B will meet every1000/17s. Note that, they would still meeting at the starting paint every 1000 s. toms Fags rh torath = 1060 TIME and WORK » _f Problems on Time ané Work are a common feature in most of thatendard MBA ekants. 1 vor well versed wth the basics and have practised these problems during your preparation, they give you an easy op} oe sogfe and also save time. Here, T will try and sive vou the Bak fuas withthe ep of examples. Let usaf wth» ic Ee Problem 4: A takes 5 days to complete a plece of wrk and Bi takes 15 days {Bipotetew ec of work In how many days can A and B ‘complete the work if they work together? merriment ‘completes 1/Sth of the work. Similarly B completes ‘of the Ifthey work together, in one day A and B can complet 15/4 days. S % Given that total time taken for A tocompjeta 45 of Min S devs OS ais doy work = 15/5 = Suni ied en at tne tke or Bo ete 15 avo > B's { day work = 15/15 ~ 1 unt D(R+ BY 1 day work = 34 1 15 cays Many solve Timeland Wor fercrianall Messing work as 1 unit (fist method) but I felts faster to salve the problems by assuming wort io be of utile uit econd poo This would be more evident when we solve problems which are little more complex than the above,ghe. Pee Bass Problefn 2: % Bin do a workin 15 e After working for 3 days he ls joined by Y. If they complete the remaining work in 3 more days, In hdd many dysian ¥ alone complete the work? Solution: Assume cian {Notes You can assume rk to be any number of units butt is better to take the LCM ofall the numbers involved inthe problem so {hat you can avd faction) Xeon do 13 units of work i 15 days “Sx can do 1 unt of workin? doy (Note: IF I had assumed work as 13 units for example then X's 1 day work would be 13/15, which isa fraction and hence 1 avoided it by taking work as 15 units which ls easily divisible by 15 and 3) Since X worked for 6 days, total work done by X~ 6 days X 1 unit/day = 6 units, Units of work remaining ~'15 = 6 = 9 units. Al the remaining units of work have been completed by Y In 3 days DY's I day work ~ 9/3 ~ 3 units. IFY can complete 3 units of work per day than it would take 5 days t complate 15 units of work. So ¥ takes 5 days to complate the weenie AGwork Problem 3: A, B and C can do a piece of work in 15 days. Afterall the three worked for 2 days, A left. B and C worked for 10 more days and B left. C worked for another 40 days and completed the work. In how many days can A alone complete the work If C can complete It in 75 days? Solution: Assume the total work to be 600 units. (LEM of all the numbers) ‘Then C’s 1 day work = 8 units. (A+B + y's 1 day work = 40 units. ‘A,B, C work together in the first 2 days ~"5Work done in the first 2 days = 40 x alone works during the last 40 days =->Wwork done in the last 40 days = 40 x 8 = 320 units Remaining work = 600 - (320 + 80) = 200 units ‘This work Is done by B and C in 10 days, >(B + C's 1 day work = 20 units A's 1 day work = (A + 8 + C)'s 1 day work (B + C)'s 1 day work >A can do the work of 600 units In 30 days. 80 units », > prblen Gaara dye al in Shou Hain apd ad ore who cn dito lian On in ea invites Walcott and Fabregas who can dig only 1/5th as fast as he ca (Inefficient gunners yalt see Dy, to Join bith If the five person team digs the same well and they start together, how long will take for them to finish thajob? 4 Solution: Let the work be 100 units. Gerrard's 1 hour work = 100/ Lampard and Rooney's 1 day work Fabregas and Walcott's 1 day work Pn one day all five of them can d . f patios work Benge the an complete the work in 100/58 days. 204154154444 {hope you got the knack oft Lt us nw see how to save thf second Kin probate and Work the MANDAYS problems Jn these kinds of problems we need to remember that the nginber of men multiplied! by the number of days that they take to complete the work wil give the number of mandays required to comple the work. The nmber of mandays required to complete # plece of work AB coring tpn tres rotons 1w many days will 25 men complete the work? ‘Solution: Given that 10 men take 15 days oy. wets tho number of mandays required to completa the work = 10 45 mandays. So assume W = 150 mandays. me Gf Now the work has to be dane by 25}meynd Sd W days 7" Bi Problem 6: A plee of work con be diye boys is days working 6 hours 2 day. How many boys are needed to complete another Sentero etc nes gage gyn Shs ay No ‘mandays, the number of days to complete the work would be 150/25 = 6 Solution: Assure the first pece of work to be 8 x 4 x 6 = 192 boy-day-hours, ‘The second piace of work =. (The first plece of work) ~ 3 ¥ 192 = 570 boy-day-hours. So W = 576 bey-day-hours. "this worn to be complet In 24 ge by working 8 hour 0 day the numberof boys required woul be 576/(24 x 8) ~ 8 boy. Pro ig 7: ita co 0 pace oF Wen 20 days working 7 hours a day. The works started by X and on the second doy one man whose y to do the work is twice that of X, joined. On the third day another man whose capacity is thrice that of X, joined and the process ‘contin tl the SAB comets. In how many days wl he work Be complete, everyone works forfour ours aay? Solution: since x takesBtGoys working 7 hours a doy to complete the work, the number af doyhours required to complete this work onl be 180 doy. hours ke Inte ers prblems above, tol gol to be cortant Uughout. Sa, Ws N40 day hours Minuto work doen the ist day bye Tony > hows = doy hours dru day. X does aunt dyno of ork. THe scan pera Wes 9s efclent 2s X50 he wl do 8 4ay-hours of work Tota work dane on second ny = 8.44 =12 day hous, Amount of work competed ater two Gays = 12 1-4 "16 6a-ours Sra day, X dots 4 day hours of work: Second person does’ day hours of work. Tin person who le thice es eicent a8 X does 12 dy: hou of works rot wok done on ad day's 4 "81 12 = 24 day hous Anant of werk completed ser’ days 216 t 24 = a dey. hora Siar on th dey he omeurt of werk dave would be 4 @.F 12 ~ 16 = 40 doy hours Work dove onthe sth day'= 448 © 12-16 4.20 60 day: hours Totl work done afters doye = + 12 + 24-+40 4 60 ~ 140 dayhout weenie AG w.‘So it takes 5 days to complete the work. Remember that whenever there is money involved in a problem, the money earned should be shared by people doing the ‘work together in the ratio of total work done by each of them, Again I will explain this with the help of an example: Problem 8: x can do 2 piece of work in 20 days and ¥ can do the same work in 30 days. They finished the work with the help of Z in 8 days. If they eommed a total of Rs. 5550, then what is the share of 27 20 units. (LCM of 20, 30 and 8) C+ Y-# 251 day work = 15 units. So 7's 1 day work = 15 — (6 44) ~ 5 units In 8 days Z would have completed 5 units/day x 8 days = 40 units of work ‘ce 2 does 40/120 = 1/3 of he work, he wl reve 1/31 of he money, which 1/5 Pipes and Cisterns respectively whereas C can empty the reservoir alone in 45 mins. The three hoses are kept, ‘order A, B and C. The same order Is followed subsequently. In how many minutes will the Solution: These kinds of problems can be solved in the same way as we solve problems wh ‘Care equivalent to three people trying to complete a piece of work. Fa ‘The amount of work to be done would be the capacty of the reserve, Lets 355 45) tres cl 7 ‘A-can fill the reservoir in 20 mins In 4 min A can fill 180/20 =,9'C. B ca fill 180/60) fn one minute C can empty 160/45 = 4 LTrom the reservoir. 1M Minute => As apened => fils 9L f 24 Minute ~> Bis opened ~>fls another 6 L f 5 Minute ~> Cs opened ~> emptes 4 Hence every 3 minutes => (9 +64 -) 1 tres are filed Inf the reservolr, Soin 45 minutes (41 % 15 =) 108 ites ore fled Shed us f in the4e mints Ae opened sd fl’ ran the ¢* epg and es ze. France de escrow bell 47 minutes. te 89 Problem 40: There is an empty reservoir whose capacty i @pitres. There isan inlet pipe which fils a 5 L/min and there fs an outlet pipe which empties at 4 L/min. Both te pipes fan atemately. $9" 1 minute. Assuming tat the inlet pipe Is the frst one to Function, how much time will it take for the reservoir tofbe rillediup to Its expacity? Solution: The work to be done = Capacity des w= 40 ies Ti Minute => inlet pipe opened =>5I filled oe 74 minute => inlet pipe dosed: outline openga => Al emptied Tn 2 minutes (5 litres -4 litres =) 11 J5" into: rvolr. Rakes 2 minutes to fil s1 => takes 50 mintes tl 25 Tres inte the tank, In the 51* minute inlet pig anc stank is filled. ve eo Problem s1:5hth con ae threg hours non-stop but then nes to rest for haf an hour. is wife can work for two hours but rests for 15 min after that, while son cen Work for 1 hour before resting for hal ]an hour. Ifa work takes 50 man-hours to get completed, then appydalmately how lon Torte tree to complete the same? Assure al of them all qual skied in their work, 0 (2) 1597" “A (b) 17 (a) 24 ‘Solution: W ~ Siman-hours ‘Since all of them are equally skilled; In 1 hour they can do 3 man-hours of work Ino one is resting. 1¢ will take them 50/3 = 16.6 hours to complete the But, since they take ‘Option (a) and (b) are filed out. Now let us calculate the amount of work dene in 20 hours. Sohan does 3 man-hours in every 3.5 hours (because he takes rast for half an hour on the 4 hour) In 20 hours (3.5 x 5 + 2.5) Sohan completes => 3 x 5 + 2.5 = 17.5 man-hours —~ (1) His wife completes 2 man-hours every 2.25 hours (because she rests on the 3 hour) In 20 hours (2.25 = 8 + 2) she completes => 2x 8 +2 = 18 man-ours. -—- (2) Child completes 1 man-hours every 1.5 hour. In 20 hours (1.5 x 13 + 0.5) he completes 1x 13 +0.5 Adding 1, 2 & 3 Jn approximately 20 hours 49 man-hours will be completed; so the work can be completed in 20 hour. weenie AG hey work continuously. ‘the actual amount of time would > 17 heurs. 3.5 man-hours of work. @SOLVED PROBLEMS “Two cars A and B start simultaneously from two points P and Q with certain speeds towards each other. After reaching a point R, peed of A decraaces by 1/3. It then meets 8 at a point 5, where SQ = 2PR. Ifthe speed of A had become 1/3 less at the mid point of RS, the cars would have met at T where ST = PR/4. Find RS: PR. AST Berl cara 20:1 “Answer: The figure is shown below. Mis the midpoint oF RS with RS = x. Let the distance PR = d, SO = 2d and ST = d/a R $44 T aa —— 2rd ‘Astarts traveling with 2° of his usual speed after point Rand then travels a distance of x If he had traveled with his usual speed, he would have traveled a distance of Sin the same time, Since the time of travel of both A and Bis the same, ad 2de3x sacs 3 wre 2d: ing ra psn 3 a In the second ease, 8 starts traveling with 2 of his ususl speed after point M and then travels adstance of +S. rf he had traveled with his a a usual speed, he would have traveled a distance of ¢) = S**74 nthe same time. The total distance traveled a sox said %,SkE8M _ 10K= 14 5 this time, B travels a distance of 24-4.=72 Therefore, rato of speeds = 22%=1 ere 3 ana wp Wxt11d _ 24+ 3x 1a x= 8d, Therefore, RS: PR = 8:1 Bala and Rohit start atthe starting line of a 100m track, while Koushik is given a head start of x! m. Ashok starts from point which is m behind the starting line. Rohit is beaten by Koushik by ym. In 3 100m race, Ashok can beat Bala by 'y'm. y > x and 2 = (100y)/(200-y). If Ashok and Koushik inched the race together, who runs the least distance ofthe fou"? AL Koushik B. Rohit Bale ©, Cannot be determined. Answer: The known situation has been summarized in the figure given bow, Since Koushik bets Kohit by a distance areater tan the lead (y > SS, Koushin faster thon Rh Rohit sane 2 Baa Rohit y___Koushil Ashok Start Koushik Finish In 2 100 m race Achok can beat Bala by y m= When Ashok travels 100 7, Bala travels 100 — y metres. ‘Therefore, inthis race when Ashok travels 100 +z metres, Bala will travel 100-¥ 10942) 100 110000 00 C0882 ees on i00-y, Finishes with them, = 100 metres. Therefore, Ashok and Bala finish together. And Koushik Koushik travels 100 ~ x, Rohit travels 100 - y, Bala travels 100 and fshok travels 100 + z. The least distance is traveled by Rohit “When I take my dog fora walk,” said a fiend, "He frequenty supplies me with some interesting puzzle to solve. One day he waited to see which way I should go, and when I started he raced along tothe end ofthe road, immediatly returning to me again racing to the end ofthe read and ‘bg3in returning. He did this four ties in a, at a uniform speed, and then ran at my side the remaining distance, which accerding to my paces measured 81 metres. I afterwards measured the distance from my doot tthe end ofthe road and found itt be 625 metres. I walk at the rate of Shon per hour. ‘What is the speed of my dog when racing to and fro? ALaS kenph Bs cmph 16 kmph D.8kmph ‘The distance traveled by the dog till the time ofthe fist reunion with me is equal to ‘4.1000 m e.850”m ‘e220 m ©, 1250m Answer: Let's observe te situation for one cya, ise. fr one meeting ofthe owner and thedoa. The situation is shown inthe image below: posite mi an Ronee CMe eel x wert onLet the ratio of the speed of the owner to that of his dog be k. The dog travels the whole distance d and comes back a distance x to meet its ‘owner. The owner meanwhile travels a distance equal to d - x. Therefore, the ratio of the speed = gu. koxe. eo} Forthe second cycle, x would be the total distance, Therefore, the remairing distance after the second cycle xy = “A=U = of K=1) a kei] ka" ‘The remaining distance after the 4" cycle = x3 = d{ $=2) ‘The remaining distance after the 3% cyde = x2 = 4| 25, and the remaining distance after the 4 cycle Now, = The speed of the dog = 4 4 = 16 kmph edane de dtr). tek | 2xe2sn4 The total distance traveled by the dog_in the frst yle = d +x = d+ 4k=2) i Me, Sharme starts from his hause to office 30 min late then his usual time. So, he increases his speed by 25% over hic usual speed but still reaches 15 min late. Another day he starts 15 min later then his usual time and increases his speed by 0% comparatively to the previous day ‘Speed and reaches 20 min before the office time, What i the distance between Mr. Sharma's house and cfice? tox Biskm cskm ‘0. 20Km e253 km 2000 m “Answer: Let me Sharms take time t to reach his office after getting 30 min late. This time will be his normal time he takes daly to reach bis th 5 3 ofhis usual speed. Therefore, the time taken becomes Zt. cS a rn ny 25% (1h rg ed ces Therefore, tne saved = t=Zt==15 min t= 75 min 5 “The second information ia redundant a0 twill give the same reault of voval time taken ~ 75 min. I dant think distance can be calculated. Ones ‘anyone have the answer? [Angle between hour and minute hands is exactly 1 degree. The time is an integral number n of minutes after noon (0< n < values of m are A Bz Ge Da 0). Total possible Answer: The relative speed of the minute hand is 44.degrees /minute . Therefore, in one minute, the minute hand gets ahead of the hour hand by 1 green The mite hand takes minutes to sin/soer oe depen the har hand Te mest the hourhand again the minut and thee 260722 minates, mints before meeting, the init hand woul be degree bend ttre, tne nen = 722-2.=718. aero mint an woud ake mints ahd by ere. There tne 2 minutes, the minute hands one degree behind the hour hand and after every 220% « 2 minutes, the minute hand is one degree ahead of the hour hand. We need to find integral values for these times. For the first condition, we get k = 7 and n = 458 and. for the second condition, we get k = 4 and n = 262. Therefore, we have two integral values of n below 720, Without stoppage a train travels at average speed of 75 km/h and with stoppage it covers the same distance at 60 km/h, How many minutes per Inout does the train atop? Answer: Let the speed ofthe train be 75 km/h and the distance to be traveled be also 75 km. Therefore, inthe First cage, the train takes 1h to cover the distance. In the second case, the average speed ofthe train = 60 rv. ‘Therefore, the train travels 60 km in ane hour. To travel 60 kr, the train takes $2.60 = 48 min. Therefore, the train sto for 60 - 48 = 12 min http:/ /www.totalgadha.com 6 every hour.In a race of 600m, Ajay bests Vijay by 60m and in a race of $00 m Vijay beats Anjay by 25m, By how many metres wil Ajay beat Anjay in a 400m race? snr hen Ao uavel 600m, Vey wavel tom. Therefore, when Ay tves 400m, Viny tava £42400 = 60m when Vy raves Soom, Ais Navel 75m, Therefore, when ny raves om, any tavele 228 by 400~282 = Som, 360 = 342m. Therefore, Ajay bests Anjay R walked down 2 descending eacalator and took 40 steps to reach the bottom. S started simultaneously from the bottom, taking 2 steps for every 1 step taken by R. Time taken by to reach the Bottom from the top is sate ay Line taker by 3 ta reach me tap rum Ute Oulton How many steps more than R did $ take before they crossed each cther? TER were to walk st the speed of S, what percentage of the intial time would he be able to save? Answer: [Not many of you realize that escalator problems are nothing but “upstream/downstream” problems with the river replaced with the escalator. Let the speed of R be v, speed of $ be 2v and speed of escalator = u Rand 5 are taking the same ime to cover the same dictance V+ u (downstream) = 2 (upstream) = v= 2u ‘Therefore, let the escalator come out at the speed of 1 stai/minute, R and S cover stars at the rate of 2 ctars/minute and 4 stara/minute, respectively When R covers 40 stairs, escalator gives out 20 stars = total stairs = 40 + 20 0. When S goes up by 4 stairs, escalator brings him down by 1 stairs. Therefore, his upstream speed is 3 stairs/minutes. They mest midway as their Upstream and downstream speeds are equal. Therefore, both have covered 30 stairs. “To cover 30 stairs R covers 20 stars and 10 stars are given out by the escalator. 5 covers twice of R, stairs more than R- Right now, & takes (60 stirs)/(3 sti stairs/minute and time taken = 60/5 40 stairs, Therefore, S covers 20 minute) = 20 minvtes, When he cimbs 4 stairs/minute (Speed ofS), his downstream speed willbe 5 12 minutes, Percentage of time saved = (8/20) = 100 = 40% 1f 2 perzon increaces hie usual speed by 25km/h, he reaches hie destinaticn one hour earlier than his usual time. IFhe decreases his speed by 10. he will be late by one hour. The distance traveled by hrm is equal to 8,420 km 350 km C.#80 km 2. 300km paver METHOD: SORTA METE tac ad amen prgenion hee Rand abut eur in Teal Gahe's Qua enone Lt he oral tine en icruard tet Tuecert eines ten ise coer ae ant sth etna ales re nekeeee open Leeks te Se er aioe hee es sees ave ciency BW ISIW IO) 5 22 eyez 4100300 = 6m Now, 75 (C=) = (be 1) t= Be Tce ae evs = aoc 2 METHOD: ‘Let the usual speed be v and the normal time taken be t. Distance is constant in each case, (otis) x(t-3) = vem ast-v a5 (1) (= 10) «(t+ 1) = e>v- i0t = 10— (1) Solvina (1) and (2) we aet v = 50 and ‘Two trains start at the same time from two stations A and B towards each cther. They arrive at B and A respectively in § hours and 20 hours after they have passes each other. IF the apees of the tin that started from Ae Se kmh, ten the speed of the second tin is equal to 2. 2skenph B.2Bkmph | C 24kmah , 30kmph Answer: The situation is shown inthe image given below. Let the speed of tains from A and 5 be V, and Vi, respectively. After assign each other they cover 8 distance of SV; and 20V, to reach B and A, respectively, ae shown. ‘Therefore, distance = 300km. http:/ /www.totalgadha.com 6a NaS -——5v,-__+ : 0 -——20v, = 2 when they meet, they have taken the same time for travel. In other words, the train from A has taken the same time to cover 20Vs as the train from B has taken to cover SV, = 22M = Mery ~~ 20k Ges a 2e y= b-2akmeh {fa person increases his usual speed by 20%, he reaches his ofice 15 minutes early. By how many minutes will he be late to his office, if he reduces his usual speed by 20% auto 8.20 cass D.22.5 Answer: If the person increases his speed by 20% (£), his seed becomes Stimes his orginal speed and therefore, his time for travel becomes 5 th -Z times his eriginal time. Therefore, 2" time is saved. This is equal to 15 min. therefore, original time taken = 15x 6 = 90 min te pan deena seed by 20% (2 Wisin fora bomen 3 ies his speed becomes tives his original speed and therefor tise ine = $90 =1128rin. Thro lb ate by 125-99 = 22.5 in In a klometer race, if A cives B a head start of 40m, then & wins by 19 saconds, If A gives B 2 head start of 30 seconds, then B wins by 40m, The times taken by each of them to run a kilometer rece (in seconds) are AMOS, 125 B. 125, 145 C335, 150 125, 150 T found out a great way to salve this: Notice the First case. When A gives a lead of 40 m, he wins by 19. 195, ag" » —__________#—#a B B Lets see the first case from the perspective of the fnich point. When A yeaches the finish point B is 19 s behind. Ifa this moment, I press the rewind button, both A and B will tart going toward the start point with B having a lead of 19s. And then A will beat & by 40 m. The situation can be shown below: 19s 40m 4 A B B ‘Therefore, when A gives a lead of 19 sto 6, he beats 6 by 40 m, Therefore wien A travels 1000 m, B travels 960 - 19v m, where vis Bs When A travels 960m, B travels 1000 30v m, The speed rato = 00030 3000-30 _ 960-190 1000-300 _ 960-199 y= 40/6 = time taken = 1505 ‘While two trains are crossing each other, a person sitting in the slower train observes that the faster train crossed him in 24 seconds. Ifthe speeds of the to trains are BOkminr and 65knV/hr, wh is the length of the faster train? 450m . 150m ‘c.100m D. 450m Ansor: Relative pee fh ster tin with eect othe sor tin = 60-65 = 15k = 28m/s, sort onime taken = Time taken = Relative distance _ Length of the faster Wait th of the faster tein = 24x25 = Time taken = Time taken = Belave Gatance « .enotof the ast Halt — ent ofthe faster bain = 24x25. = 200m ‘Two docks are set to show the correct time st 7.00pm on a day. One cloce loses two minutes in an hour and the other clock gains 3 minutes in a hour. Exactiy, after how many days, will oth the watches show the correct time? a10 Bis C30 2.60 answer: Every dock will show the correct time when it is late or fast by hours which are multiples of 12, The frst clock loses 2 min in 1 hour. ‘Therefore, to lose 12 hit wll tke 2252 = 369 h = 15 days. The second cock gains 3 minutes in 1h. therefore, to gsin 12h it wil take $2262 4 9-10 dy Telos, bath eck l show caret ein 30 dye (LM of 45 ad 10) 'A person left point A for point B . Two hours later, ancther person left fer B and arived at B at the same time as the frst person -Had both ‘Rarted simultaneously from A and B traveling towards each other, they would have met in SU mates Mow much Eme adit take the raster person to travel rom A to B answ "Lt the tme taken by the second pron be mines, There, hte ten yee persons + 120 Lt the toa dsr be 4. The second pon wave din inte, Three he wil travel 2% 90 mits, Silay, thet pron wl ave! 205 in 00min od , _ 0d : 2 20d, 80d dota 120 mine = 2h {n.2 4000 meter race around a circular stadium having a circumference of 1000 meters, the fastest runner and slowest runner reach the same point at the end of Sth minute, for the rt time ater the start oF the race. ll the runne's have the same starting pe. and exch runner maintains 3 tusform speed throughout the race. Ifthe factect runner runs at twice the speed of slowest runner, what isthe time taken by the fastest runner to firch the race? 4020 mn. 8.15 min 10min 2.5 min Answer: As the speed of fastest runner is tice the speed ofthe slowest runner, the fastest runner travels twice the distance as that traveled by the slowest runner in the same time. Als, to eatch the slowest runner again, the fastest runner will have to travel one round extra than the distance Laveled by the slowest runner, Therefor, it can be reasoned eut that the slowest runner is taking one round whereas the fastest runner fs taking two rounds in 5 min. therefore, to take 4 rounds, the fastest rumer will ake 10 min. (Please work out the logic. It’s fun) ‘h Aman bus or wal everydy. Ou he eg the wal bul pr dy, 20% fal of ech doing st o's wor. ow many deve can compete he wal? Answer: The wall would never be completed. The moment the langth ofthe wall reaches 62.5%, 20% ofthe wall ‘Therefore, the new added length would be equal tothe demolshea length 2.5% would be demolished, ‘A man state a piece of work, Starting from 2" day onwards, everyday a #ew man joins. With every man joining the work that each man can do per day doubles. The work is completed in 5 days. On which day they wold have completed the work i te work each one can do per day Femained constant. Answer: Let the initial units of work that 2 man can do onthe frst day be w. Therefore, the units of work that each man can do on 2%, 3, 4% and ‘Sh day would be 21, 4, Sw and 160, respectively “Therefore, total units of Work done = tv #2 w 43 xy 4 4xOw 4 S> 26w = 128W If the work each man could remained constant the urite of werk done inn days = w(i +234 +n) = Sot2W mins twe 129w > n= 18days. ‘and 8 are running in = ciccular track in direction opposite to which C i running, in Fact running at twice and thrice the speed of A and 6, feanectily, and on tha sama traci. Thay eam minting fram anna point Tis krown thet A's average speed is Svs and track is 120 meter in length. When will 8, afte stat, find himeel equidistant between A and C ‘or first ome? newer: ‘See the igure below: 8 ig 2 a S = “he speeds of A, 8, and C ace 3,2 and 6. C will meet A frat ane then met B after 120/(2 + 6) Som as shown in the fst gute Loker next seconds, Bis between A and C. The distance between 8 and Cis 2t + Gt. The distance between Aand Bi 15-28 +3t= 15 + Becaisteo ts iss Fetal time = 15:4 5/7 = 12007 s 5. In 35 5 A wil travel 45 m and 8 will travelA railway track runs parallel to a road and a cyclist, whose speed Is 12 km/h, meets a train at the crossing everyday at the same time. One day, the cyclist started 25 min late and met the train 6 km ahead of the rallway crossing. What Is the speed of the train? The first thing to note is that the train and the cyclist are traveling in the same direction, If the cyclist is 25 min 25 late than the normal time he would be Z> 12 = Skmaway from the crossing when the train reaches the crossing. Therefore, if the cyclist and train were traveling in opposite direction, the train would have met the cyclist closer than 5 km from the crossing ————————— 6 km Now the train meets the cyclist, both train and the cyclist traveling in the same direction, when the cyclist is 6 km away from the crossing. When the cyclist is 5 km away from the crossing the train would have reached the crossing. 5km Therefore, while the cyclist travels 1 km, the train has traveled 6 km. Hence, the speed of the train is 6 times the speed of the cyclist. The speed of the train = 72 km/h. weenie AGAssignment 1. Atrain moves 59.4 km in 66 minutes. What is its speed in m/s? a. 14 mys, b.15 mys ‘G16 mvs, 17 m/s ‘©. None of these 2. If Mayank goes from Delhi to Gurgaon at a speed of 20 m/s and comes back at a speed of 48 km/h, then what his average speed during the entire journey? 2.57.6 kmjh b. 59.5 km/h 15 mys 4. 16.5 m/s «8, None of these 3. An airplane flying 400 kum covers the frst 100 km at the rate of 100 krnfh the second 100 km at 200 kr, the third 100 km at the fato'f $00 hh and the ast 100 ry atta rate of 400 Kh I i tars wh the nae average speed a hod i ts ond fight what s the time taken forthe round tip? ? 2.2.08 his b.3.47 hrs e447 hrs 5 hrs fe. None of these 7% J 4: ae rvs bike at 2 seed of 40 nh ram sof, then he reaches Ms hare 10 mate Teves at i ten then He ape ames ea pero nn ran ey a a 3.25 km b. 30 Km 35 Km 4.40 km f hn enone ofthese 6. nk starts from place at 3pm at 2.5 km/h. Tnk follows him fom the same place at Fm, wally at 38. 1 Pinky takes ome rest on the way and is overtaken by Tinku after he has covered 24 km, then pinku took rest for 220 mine waa mine cao mne 5.1m the above problem, Find out the speed of Rajesh if he wish to reach his home in time? aza kine 30 kmh ob kan a0 km/h None of these °S SSA 7. Driving at 5/8" of his usual rate, Sanju reaches the market 18 =. late. Find his Usbal time taken to reach the market? 230 ie at ne ee i 6 Attn suming beeen to cies aves atts destnatton 6 mints lf when fE goed at 90 khan 10 minutes ate when oes SE TESS Ty ag gay a. 12 km) b. 15 km 18 ae 2. None of these 9. Acar hos 310 km to run. After going 1/5 of fteoalld buretor starts troubling and it can only run the remaining part of the journey at 4/5" ot the original speed. IF it anne urs 5 Wa IEpervainal speed? a. 30 kirvh b. 31 karvh “eae 60 km/h ‘8, None of these cane 10, A distance is covered ata certain speed In tain tin ft reo en ctnce covered four tines he tine, then wt ‘seiaiseh ates peat ™ pac} 23 43:7 €. None of these 11. Aman traveled a distance of 95, Kanan 12 hourspartly on foot at the rate of 5 km/h and partly on bicycle at the rate of 12 km/h. Find the detonce Wavead gn ate pe 2.60 km Bs5kmy. My) cask 40k @. None of these A 12, tran, 150,pter nana tao of 54k; How lang wl ake to poss a pater lng 99 me aie a Boas Sigs d.te see ‘. None of these 13, The aidfance betwean tasltoyns P.8 Q i= 200 km, A motorcyclist starts from P towerds Bat @ am at a sped of 40 kv, Another vrata = gs Jeane Pat 9am oto speed of 95 kn/h, Ae what time wil they cose each other? F20°88 am) P1200 0m ¢. 11:08 5m a. 11:38 am fe None ofthese i, respectively. Wi ‘meet, ICs found that one train has travaled 80 km more than the other. Find the distance between the two stations? a. 630 km b. 650 km © 700 km =. 720 km. ‘8, None of these 14 Twh trains elie frena from fun statins and provead towards each ather at the rate of 40 kim/h and 50 kmh 415. The distance between two towns Is 200 km. Ral starts from town A towards town B at 9:00 am at a speed of 20 ken/h and Abhi starts from town B towards town A at the same time at a speed of 30 kin/h. At what time they cross each other? 2. 1:00 amb. 12:00 pm ‘e. £:00 pm «2:00 pm 'e. None of these 16. In the above problem, Find out the location of the point where they cross each other for the first time? wo rmnsaon on 'b. 100 km from town A ©. 120 km from town B4, both (a) & (c) f. None of the above 17. In the above problem, after crossing each other Raj continued towards town B and Abhi continued towards town A. After reaching thelr destination they returned towards the town from which they started and crossed each other again. Find out the location of the point where they cross each other for the second time, 40 kim from paint A. 60 km from point A . 100 kim fram point A 120 km from point A €, None of the above 58. Asp rowed 28 kn downer nha a 12 kn up in Shas Fd he spond the ship nat wal aa inn bes km/h 33mm Gz skm/ye.nonecrths 19. In the above problem, determine the speed of the river? 2.4.5 km/h b. Skah 16.5.5 km 4.2.5 km/h, a 20. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 42 km downstream in 8 hours. It also goes upstrearH Determine the speed of the boat and the stream? 2.8 km/h, 4 km/h b. 40 kmh, 4 kanyh 10 kmh, 6 kanyh 8 km/h, 6 kay fe. None of these 21, Raju takes 4 hours less to row down a 12 km stream than he takes to row up, For thigi24 krn roundtrip, ihe double his rowing speed, he would take half an hour less to row downstream than.te.cow ubstréam,/Find the. speed ofthe stream in km/h? 2 Okimfh be 2 km/h Abe Eh ‘e. None of these 22. Aman takes 7 hs in walking to certain place and vip back. He plow ‘all 3 hrs by driving both ways. How lng would he take to walk both ways? a. 6 hrs, b. hrs ¢. 10 hrs, i a.12hs J ‘e. None of these * iN 23. A170 a va tare cA Sone at tind om tna. 9:00 am hey rose each ther and conned towards tei respedtive destnaon. I the an eben is aesamation sere neuro more an tae een Dy fet ou the ato ovis soe te A lec i are 2:3 e233 3:2 © Cannot be determined Direction for questions 24 and Bow ellie on tbs othe oman gre ow “ere are the ees , and Raton Nga straight road. Two buses X and stars simultaneously from P and @ respectively towards R. By the time’Y fuel is bo aif way to R. Immediately after Y reaches R, It starts traveling towards P and It crosses X at a point 165,km from Py The ratio the speeds of X and Y is 3 :5. Assume that the roads joining P to R, Q to Rand Q to P are all straight roads, matt sah instoad of moda toward 8 X and ¥ stats moving towards ech ober, which ofthe following cant be a possible distance fam P at which Sit eroes each ‘other? Sst 120 km 4. 180 kn None of these 25 16 te turn a8 Bias from D ac from R, and X tans 18 nus andl 40 minutes to cover the distance from P to Q, how much time ‘would ¥ take to tava tfie distance from R to P2 2. 2 hours and 24 miutes 2.3 hours €.3 hours and 36 minutes 4.4 hours @. None of these weenie AG(Chetan is returning home from his friend's house and his dog is with him, Tt takes ‘Chetan 45 minutes to reach his home. His dog runs twice as fast as Chetan walks, The moment Chetan and his dog leave his friend’s house the dog runs ahead and reaches hhome before Chetan, and returns to meet his master. After meeting Chetan, the dog ‘again runs towards hiome. The moment the dog reaches home It returns again to mest Chetan. & how many minutes from the start of the trip does Chetan meet his dog for the second time? 2.30 min 40 min 25 min d 26. After 33 min None of these rn Use the following information to answer the next question. Kipper and Tipper are moving along two straight roads that intersect perpendicularly at x. When Kipper is at X, Tipper is ‘500m from X. After 2 minutes both Kipper and Tipper are at equal distance from X, and after 8 more minutes they are ‘again at equal distance from X. 27-What is the ratio of Kipper’s speed to Tipper’s speed? a as a2 ». coe a €, None of these Ranbir, the forest ranger, started on a four-hour drive one day on the safari. When he started the Jeep his jeep's milometer reading was 29792, a palindrome. (A palindiome is a number that reads, the same forward and backward.) At his destination inside the forest, -he milorneter reading was ‘another palindrome. 28. If Ranbir never exceeded the safe speed limit of 55 miler, which ofthe féllaving was his greatest possible average speed? a. 40 mph b.50 mph f . 205/4 mph . 213/4 mph fe None of these ‘Appl and Gappu both start running around a circular racetrack in the same direction, each of them going at a constant ‘speed. Appit Is on bicycle and Gapput Is on foot. Appl goes all the way around the track and catches up with Gappu. The moment he meets Gappu, he turns around and heads back towards the starting point while Gappu keops going on his path. ‘When Appu reaches the starting point he again meets Gapou who is lust finishing his first round. 20. Te rato of specs of App end i atid = boa 8 bgt et a 4a Nong ese If Roshan and Swati leave their houses at 10:00, walking directly towards each other, they meet at 10:10. IF Roshan leaves his house at 10:00 and Swati leaves her house at 10:03, again walking towards each other, they meet at 10:11. 30, AE what Lime will Swati reach Roshan's house If she leaves her house et 10:00? 240:15 10: 24 4.40: 30 €, None of these ‘Ghanshyam and Sartaj leave Mathland simultaneously to go to Algetratown. Ghanshiyam is on bicycle while Sartal Is on a bike that is six times faster than Ghanshyam's bicycle. Halfway between Mathland and Algebratown, Sarta had an accident ‘and his bike breaks down. Luckily, a farmer gave him a lft on his wagon that goes half as fast as Ghanshyam's bieyce, 34. Who reaches Algebratown first? 2. Gnanshyam b. Sartay ©. Both reach at the same time 4d, Cannot be determines weenie AG{Ina Kilometer race, in which A, B and C are running, A beats B by 100 meters, and B beats C by 100 meters. tn the next kalometer race, C starts at the starting line, 8 starts 100m behind the starting line and A starts 100m behind B. 32. Who wins the race and by how many meters is the winner aheac of the person just behind him? 4, 20m 2, 88m cim sate ‘Cannot be determined Four vehicles are traveling on a straight highway with constant speeds. The truck overtook the car at 2:00pm, and then met the scooter at 4:00pm and the motorcycle at 6:00pm. The motorcycle met the car at 7:00pm then it overtook the sscpoter at 8:00. 33. AE what time scooter and the car meet? ‘2. 5:00 pm % b. 5:20 pm : 5:30 pm ‘ 5:40 pm fe. None of these ‘A column of soldiers is marching at a constant speed. A soldier at the last row of the column was commanded to go to the head of the colurnn, deliver a message there, and return to his position at the last row of the column. After carrying out the ‘order, when the soldier returned to his former position atthe last row, he noticed that the end of the column was in the ‘same position that the head of the column had occupied when he firs left his own position. 24. Ifthe soldier didnot stop anyhere in between leaving and rejoining his potion whas the ratio ofthe solders speed to that of the column? ae) iB ra Bia at None of these 35. Two friends go for a Sunday bike ride. First, thay, averagedlaz.milos:pér hour and then stopped to rest. on the way back, they only averaged 8 miles per hour over the same distance, Exeluding resting time, what was the average speed of the riders? . 36, Kote runs twice as fost. as she walks: Oniway to scAply she walks for twice the length of time as she runs. I this way she takes 20 minutes to get there. On,er way Rome, shp ru7s for twice the length of time as she walks. How long does she take to get home? 37. A man rows upstream in a river: When he caVeréd 1 km from starting point his hat fell down and started to move downstream the man Kept swimmilag-upstream for 5 minutes but realised he has dropped his hat then rows down stream to catch the hat. Finally thehatand ma mest at start. Find the speed of flow of river. 38, Two cars,A/URA.B dri stroight toards the same point P with speeds a and b respectively. At the start, A, B and P form an ‘quilatal triangle. Aftar somo time A and B move to the now positions, B covers 80 miles, and ABP becomes aright trianglenat the moment When, AAtrives at P, Bis 120 rmlles away from P. What Is the distance between A and in the 39, Rajesh went 6fha 20-mile test drive on his new Honda. He started with a certain speed. After covering each mile, he decreased his peed By 25°%. IF he took 0 mina and © seconds to cover the first 4 miles, find the time he would take to cover the next 4 miles. 40. Three cars started from the same point at the same time in three different directions. The first two cars move In a straight ling. Ibis noticed that after 2 hours, all the cars are at the same distance from the starting point. Tf the distance b/w the two cars which travelled in a straight line is 170 Kms, hew far frem the 2nd car Is the 3rd car, given that the distance b/w 1st fand 3rd ear is 136 Kms? 41. At his normal speed, Prashant can travel 1€ miles downstream in a fast lowing stream in 9 hours less than what he takes to. travel the same distance upstream. The time for the downstream trip would take 1 hour less than the upstream trip provided that he doubles his rate of rowing. What is the speed of the stream in miles/lr? weenie AGa2. 43, aa, 45, 46. 47, 48, 49, Crime master Gogo, riding on a motorcycle, starts at the back of a 2 km train as its front enters a 4 km tunnel. Both GoGo and the train travel at constant speed and GoGo exits the tunnel just as the train Is entirely in the tunnel. When the front of the train emerges from the tunnel, Gogo turns instantly and heads back toward the train. How many meters from the tunnel does Gogo meet the front of the train? ‘A woman is walking down a downward-moving escalator and steps down 10steps to reach the bottom. Just as she reaches the bottom of the escalator, a sale commences on the floor zbove. She runs back up the downward moving escalator at a speed five times that which she walked dawn. She covers 25 steps In reaching the top. How many steps are visible on the ‘escalator when it is switched off? “There is a escalator and 2 persons move down it. A takes 50 steps and B takes 75 steps while the escolatér is mliving down Given tho the time taken by Ato take I step equal to time taken by 8 fo take 2 steps find the no. of epee) escalator while Its stationary? é od &, si, > gw Ram and Shyam are moving upwards on @ moving escalator. When Ram takes 2 steps’SI gfe Sas in Pre time. Shyam reaches the top taking 25 steps while Ram takes 20 steps to reach the top. Tf es¢alator’s mevemment Is ceased, then how many steps are needed to be taken by shyam to reach the top? ee soe and Charlie went on an excursion. At the end of their hike they arrived at a highway af cecidedltofake 9 bus. Joe continued to walk forward to the next bus-stop at e speed of 4 krn/h, while Charli assumeditibat the previous stop was loser by, and thus headed in the opposite direction at @ speed of 6 krn/h. They each arrive time to-catch the bus. Fin out Chars assumption was ight ven thatthe bus traveled ato epeed Wpgo krvh In a swimming pool, 6 swimmers have to swim such that 3 swimmers start Yap, end ABE Fal of | minute and the remaining 3 start from end B at intervals of 2 minutes where A and 8 afe opnesite, ends of the pool & lenath of the poo! is 120 meters. The speed of each swimmer is 20m/min. Whenaver two swimmers meet, each of them reverse thelr direction & start swimming in the opposite direction without any time Gelay-each simmer stops when he reaches one of the ends. 1f the first swimmer from each start simultaneousiy, after how many qginutes iat time will there be no swimmer in the Doo 7 gees aa 1:10:00 om, ny tors wring consecutive retard humbes,sartR A 1 0 arom rom le to ht a rate of 60 Giaits per minute. At 0:15 arm Johnny starts rubbing cits fom lle right, starting from the fst digi, at arate of 90 digits per minute, g (@) What is the difference between the rahtmostnd the tefltidst@Font one minute before Johnny catches up with Jinny? (OnE my stos the moment Johnny catches wo some, vat isthe lst digit to be erased? i tna city local shuttle tenn tarts from find anit station at fixed intervals and run at uniform speed. A boy wos walking down the rola tak a cari spa. Ey 2 ae ilecal train overtook him and every 20 min, a local train passed him in the oposite direction. Find the th Jel train passing @ certain point on the raliway track and the Immediately next local train passing that point in the ec 50. At what time between 7:0 ng 00 dis thé minute hand makes an angle of 10 degrees with the hour hand? Pah” ae 51. A and 8 woe together can do 2a Bce ‘of work in 48 days, 8 and Cin 24 days, C and Ain 36 days. How many days wilt take i all ‘of them work together? 52, Aryand Barun start moving GA the same pont on a circular track in opposite directions. Arun cen complete 1 round in 3 min ‘whereas Bann can do the same in 5 min. After how much time do they meet forthe first time? * hy 52 tah and Mary tiie appnsitedlnacHians on a rier track, ning at diametrically opposite points. They first meet after John has ‘un 100 meters. They. ext meet after Mary has run 150 meters past thelr first meeting point. Each person runs at a constant speed, What is the length gPthe trac in meters? 54. TWo pipes can flla cistern in 14 hours and 16 hours respectively. The pipes are opened simultaneously and its found that due to 55. leakage in the bottom, 32 minutes extra are taken for the dstern to be filled up. When the cistern is Full in what time will the leake cempty it? ‘A, B and C star running simultaneously from the same point around a circular track of length 1200 m. A and B are running in the ‘same direction with speeds 4 m/s and 6 m/s whereas C ts running in the opposite direction with 10 m/s. When will A, B and C be together forthe first time after the start? sr rtntncas56. A and & can do a job in 10 days working together whereas B and C can finish the same job In 15 days working together. It A works for 5 days and B works for 8 days C takes © days to finish the joo. How much time will C take to finish the complete job alone? 57. Rand 8 can do a piece of work in 21 and 24 days respectively. Trey started the work together and after some days A leaves the work and B completes the remaining work In 9 days. Alter how many days did A leave? 58. A person leaves home between 1 and 2 and comes back at 6 and 7. He finds that the minutes and hours hand exchanged positions. Find the time at which he lef. 59, Angle between hour and minute hands is exactly degree. The time isan integral number of minutes after noon (0 $4 T= 18 = t-30 min, Hence af answer () +10 tei = t =2 min. Distance = 75 « 12/60 = 15 km. +2 ‘ “Oh, “ = To cover zeae) [Sen l 0| the time taken is 3 times of the usual time. =2 teats. = Usual speed = = = 3lamph. 420. Let the normal speed weenie AG3d aaron 24g 4t wy = 93 4:3, coor t 4t 41. Let the dlstance traveled on foot =x ks 2,8 kL 5) 12 > x= 35 kms, Hence answer (e) 3 - in ns = 54x = 15m. 412. Speed in in a 150+90 ‘Time taken to pass the platform = = L6sees. Hence answer (a) 13. Il 9am distance traveled by the motorcyclist who started fram P = 40kms. Distance between them at Sam = 200 - 40 = 160 kms. rime taken to meet = 160 — ans 8inins. ge 40435 . Hence they! meet at 11:08 pm. Hence answer (c) hm & 414. Every hour the faster train travels 10 kms more than tothe: one Le hey Heth traveled for 8 rs, Distance traveled by them in B hours = 8(40 + 50) =720kms. Hence answer (d)._ a “~~, iOGj- oso atrnegen iusP 30+ 20 “Y x 16, InAs aj mus ave Lave 80 kms rong Pat fn A Hence none 47. when they meet forthe 2 time, they mpiélhqe taveligpn kms combinely and Raj must have traveled 160 kms, More the Haring point So hence answer (2) in 28 418. Downs team speed = —— ~~ 20. Let’ &*y' kph Bethe speed ofthe boat and the river 42 = =8 x+y =u x-y x+y solving, we get x = 10 kmph. Y= 4 kmph. Hence answer (b). weenie AG 24. In the first case1212 Wu Wu OO 4B Dividing one equation by the other and solving we get u = 8 22. For one side, instead of walking ifhe drives he saves 3hrs. So, in the first case had he not been driving while co have taken Shrs: more Le. (7+3) hrs. = 10hrs, Hence answer (c). f 23, Te dstances ca tavelen 2 waste bythe olen and + haus. Eau the sped to ff fe 2 and (('-ay/2 we gett (C3) = 4-501. Rat = 122 a ie ia 3x) 5x 3x, Ps f & start wong tomate acheter. tre meeting wa res SE > Distance between P & R is 240kms, be Distance between R & 0 is 200kms. fb, & 24. In APQR, PQ + QR > PR. = PQ = Zokins. 1s nat possible. Henoe answer (a) 25. PQ = 400kms. (given) X roves a00kms in 18> == 6 15 Poo oR Fe $m 26. Let Chetan start from point F toward C. Let the initial distance between F & C Is 90m and hence speed of Chetan & his dog are 2 ‘and 4 meters/min respectively. Let chetan Is at 'P’ when the dog reaches at "C’for the fist time. > FP = 45m. 90 weenie AGNow, when the dog tums back, let they meet at point Q. They wil travel PC distance In a ratio of 1:2. => 445 =15m 3 PQ: Illy now, R willbe the midpoint of QC. R= 15m. ‘and again RS= dere Sm. = Chetan had traveled PS= 80m., when he met the dog for the second time. So the time taken by him wap 40min, Hence answer (b) 4x To a onl 27. Let intially Tipper was at ¥. am of Wy => XY = 500m. - - 4 i Let the distance traveled by kipper in 2min was x’. £ = Distance Traveled by Tipper in 2 min was (500-x)m. If 8 more ns & Se point X. So, it means Tipper will also be at point T, 5x aay from X. = Speed BF Tipper = vel 8x more i.e he wil be Sx away from 300-x _ 6x 28 ato of ped of npr oper = 200: 6003) = 23 Binns 28. As Ranbi's maximum Possible speed was S5mph he Havel a maximum of (55 =) = 220miles. The palindromes ater 28792 ‘are 29892, 29992, 30003, 30103... But the maximunt pBssible reading can be (29792 + 220) = 30012 only. the reading wes 30003, a 50003-29702 11 = peo nas $0008 27702 2 ph aks anos & nn - 2 29, Let $l the start oint, Let the Smaller distance between SP is y & larger one fsx. => =2o-29+y' . ery x 2 x) _2x wid the equation by »*, we get { =] =2% 41 » y £2 . Hence answer (a). weenie AGR ° $ 30. Let Roshan & Swat! start from their houses R & S respectively. When they both started the same time ie. 10:00, the meet at T at 10:10, Let RT=x, TS=y Now, when Swati leaves at 10:03, they meet at 10:11 Le. somewhere between T& S, lets say at Q. => RQ= 1.1% (as Roshan took {1min. instead of 10). ‘As, Swati took 8 minutes to reach Q. = ‘sq-08y Now, RT-+TS~ RQ +.Q5, xty= 11x +0.8y x2 0.2y~ 0.1% = t=25x=2y yl => RY=ats. If Swati travels TS In 10min. she will take 20min. move to travel RT. = She wil reach Roshan’s house at 10:30. ee sate y Sat 34, Let the time taken by Sartaj to reach halfway between Math lend & Algebra town ist. Sop ‘same is 6t. lly Ghaushyam will travel the remaining half in Gt, where Sartaj will tke 126 ( Ghaushyam are 13t & 12t respectively. Hence Ghaushyam will reach first. Answer (a) /~ 32. A: B= 1000 : 900= 10:9 6 B:C = 1000 - 900 = 10-9 cy S ABs C100 : 00: 81 dim, “ths Now, 8.8 ara 200 8 100 mers behind the starting line respecte. So, ¢ i me A have traveled 1080 & 972m. respactively. > Awon the race & B was 20m behind. Answer (a). 133. The trick Is that scooter and motorcycle are moving in sdme directiop‘Onpsite toot car and truck. After this one can easily form 4 auaine and fom thm car caclta the i ake for ata an ar oye. The answer 5:20 PH ‘Situation at 2:00 PM: ve Tether stance hewoon rk CD and scoters SBl. and bdhuee rack apf motorvcle (be (7+5)42% Dy (T+ M4 = 0+, C5 yD HORT Sohe or b/ci ween cme cat Be 10 ip 134. Let the lenath of column is | and speed df the sbi Gokimn iss! & 'c' respectively af -20-120 se1=14y2. so, 2=(14-V2) 21. Hence answer () e 2x12x8 5. Average Speed = ————~* = 9.6kmph. 35. Average Speed = mpl weenie AG36. _Let by walking she covers d distance in Imin. = by walking she covers 2d distance in tmin 40 20 Jr fist case she walks for anit & run for anit ta te nt St SO 82 Let she ran for 2t min & walked for t min while coming back. 37. Had the speed of stream he zero the man would have got the hat after 1Ominutes. But Babause tne i wos ‘km behind that point, it means the steam covered tkms in 10minutes., pals 1000 _ 5 0, the speed of stream= ==mis. 10x60 3 de tetra Tren aes tt og 5-0 2 IAS “*% So, PB = 8042x—> Hence AQ= 80+2¥-x = BOX fale ofthe sends AB % 8044 pete 4 mes hence the time will Increase to — times. 3 = time taken 4 9 +or4|= 3°G time taken for the next 4 miles weenie AG53ésecs = 25min s36secs. B 4. Let after 2hrs, the cars are equidistant from the starting pt. DLe. at B, A&C. SAD Is the median of AABC- Where BC=170kms, AD=136kms. And as Bl Using Appotonius theorem AB? + AC’ =2(AD? + BD*) (136)' + AC? = 2(85* +85*) AC? = 4046 => AC = J4046kns. 1. We make the two equations in both the cases [AD = DC > AD= 85kms. 18 18g, 18x20 yeu Re is__18 18x2u ~ x18 1 18x20 _ 2-u Wu aw . Solving we get u = 20/3 rif ye Hy, y 42..cogo ents the tunnel. covets chs (Sgr sly b's te tran completly inside the ‘iain tloveled Ss inthe bn oj py = Speed of Gogo : Spood of ta = 2:6 = 1 when tho tain wil omerging frm the tunnel, Gg! must have tiaveled 6kms. More now, the train and Gogo wil travel towards each ther ata relative speed of the sur ek ther speeds es ntl de att ad 24 4 2 i: escalator iss" steps per minute. Lets the escalator takes s steps per minutes 50+ Sots - 75+ = No, of steps in escalator = 50 + 50 « 1 = 100 steps. weenie AGAS. Let Ram takes 2 steps in t min. ‘= Shyam takes 3 steps in t min. Let speed of the escalator iss’ steps/min. 25 20 S1s+28==15+20 3 2 50s? +150 = 60sr +120 10st =30=> st = f% = lenath of the escalator = 50 steps. € IY 46. Let charle reached the bus stop in exactly one hour Le the bus stop to which Chare went yas 6kms, away. A th fie was in.so kis ava ror the starting pt. Te means that ht chai assumbtion was wrona. ff 6 yy 7 47. As each of them have same speed, so after meeting reversing their direction does not create any Uh ather en nities, The as swirl stat fom end B Arn ater he sine Sealer (4 6) — Orin. the pool be empty. Hence answer 10min. on 48. By 10:15, Jinny would have written 15 60 ~ 900digits. Nogpilingive shihd Johny wil erase 30 digits more than Tinny writes every a so ter giffpe 2) 1H 10:44 amy must nae witon 44460 dit. 2640 dso the la gt should be 6. ly ohny must have erased 29 x 90 = 2610 digits so the left mgt digit should be fence answer 2. 0» Soy calches uo th Sry a igs am. B he et i o af eaede 2700" gt, ence ih 0, Hence anower 6. ae Sa “Hifi d =30 and w . 1 Similarly work dong by 8 & Cin 1 day = " Yo oa Work done by A & Cin 1 day = <=> 36 1a = Work done by A, 8 & € in 2 days = —+— + — 18 24 36 So they will complete the job in 16days. http:/ /www.totalgadh:'52. Let the length of track ~ 15 meters ‘So speed of Arun & Barun in meters per minutes is 5 & 3 respectively. 15 So they will mest after = ——~ = —minares. +3 '53. To cover half ofthe track John traveled 100 meters, So to cover full track he must have traveled 200 meters, wheroas Mary traveled 4150 meters. Hence lengt of track Is 350 meters. 54. Work dne by thet thous by tad vines es 416 112 the fill the tank i 12, they can the tank in 2 pours 1S Let the work done by leak in 1 hour Is x ot 12 Bo 112 112 L Solving for x, we get x = ——. ° 112 So, the leak alone can empy fein 11253. 1200 55. A & B will meet after every ——- = 600sees. 1200 B& C will meet after every ——— = T5sees. 6410 0 all A, BL wl Meet after LL.M (BUY, 7 ‘Le, 6008ecs, 1 56.A+B- — 10 1 Bic-— 15 5(A) + (8) + 9(C) = 1 5A +58 +38 +30 + 6c 5(A+8) + (B4C) + 57. Lat A left after ‘x’ da 11 1 ovo) Solving we get, x = T. http:/ /www.totalgadha.com %58. Let, atthe time he left the minute hand was x ahead of the hour hand. ‘Now by the time, hour hand traveled x°,the minute hand traveled 360 = x°+1440° = 1440 + 360- So the time when he left was 1800 , 56 “55 , 9——_-_ . 3 . tn 59. Every hour, twice the hands of the clock will make an angfé of 1”., e.ggbetwoe ir OE = mins 2 0 in a hy 30x; = the minutea count con be of the type 55 5 ey a Whore xis @ whole no. from 0 to 11 ow teats "el solutions ofthese equation ie. at x= 4 and 7 660. , 8, C&D can complete the Job in 4 8,16, oy resi Hence answer A & D. £ eta s8- - A; C =4000:910 = © niece 2500: 2 o*% 25 : 600 ae” Gon a 1000 m C will travel 1000 x: 546 meters. 600 — 917.92 * = 8 can give Ca Wig Sart of 52.09 meters {62 Each fill pipe can fill [of the tank in an hou 1 Each drain pipe can drain — of the tank in an hour. Lot, there are *x’ drain pipes. weenie AG= x = 12 Hence answer 12 pipes. 63. Let A complete 1000 meter in t secs. = B complete 960 meter in (C419) secs. A will complete 960 meter in —— xt = —tsees, 25 24 B complete 1000 meter in 1 +30secs. 960 F419 Comparing the speeds of 8, we get o> ay +30 Solving, we get, t = 125 secs. = A completes 1000 meter in 125 secs. B completes 960 meter in 150 secs. 64, Let the total work in of 100 units. So, Divya & Raveena alone can make 5 & 4 units per day. So if theyiwork together they will make 951.25 = 1.25 unt na doy. Lat he Dye, Raveone & togeer work on x 8.7 dovteae Y, 2 being integers. = Seb ay 411.252 = 100 “i 3 z-ettherOor4or8 fz = 0, no. of days would be between 20 & 25. Ifz = 4, x &y can be (11, 0) (7, 5) & (3, 10). Ifz = 8, s &y can be (2, 0) only. ff So all but 14 days Is possible. Hence answer (b). f & 665. Every hour the minute hand traveled 90 minutes. = When the distance between the orginal tia ive watch will Be 60 min, It will show the same time Le. after 2hrs. Hence anomet 5 pa , 166. As all the dimensions are doubled, so the volume. wie ae “So, time taken wil also be 8 times of original time L.e. 16 hrs. i 240-180 Whenever the wo hands wl be in stra val Ke eaal angles withthe horizontal. Le. at 8: ke, 67 eneve he wo hanes wl ben stag er w apa =U— Btaken more Hine 72. Total distance traveled by the first meeting = lenath of| ‘Total distance traveled by the second meeting = 3d inital distance traveled will also become the, times distance traveled by motorboat M by the second. meeth ‘e +3009 d= 1200. m 73. Speed after two dogs leave 5 th of the pina! speed Sa Nowe the diference of 24 hours comes bdéause FB ries distance = difference of 48 hours will come because of 100 miles ‘ b Seat Therefore he traveled 100 red the doh run eflGpeed becomes 2 = time becomes & of the aianal-> excess ti Bread Sale hours (for 100 miles) win g “i “200 00 Total nso 100 -—=miles 74,75 and 760 ‘The lenaths of the sides of two triangles can be found tobe 2r, r(2+ 3), and 2r(1+-V/3) rest can be calculated € http:/ /www.totalgadh:74.1 a 75.3 A 76.2 77.2 78. Since train y rests for 15 minutes in between [Lot train x travel for 15 min first and then lets start train y 17.5km, Loft distance = 180 17.5 = 162.5 This distance can be divided In the ration 70:50 ~ 7: 5 Dusen A=175 1162502 «124m 79. Let the travel and resting time of frst be x and y and of that of the second bala and b, respectively, x= ab a= ay “Time taken is same Sxtyrary so ist motorycst is ravelng ond resting and tha werees the second i traveling fr 3k hous. Since second in traveling for shorter time, tris raveing faster £80. The frst one burns in pe oe 3 In two ours they wil oma and 2ipandr oath, Letter ents box and y = 3x = 1. Let » shipsBt liaving Le: Havre on 10 of the month. At that time, a ship which left New York on 3 would be arriving. Also, the ship leaving 6h 10" would affive at New York on 17%, Therefore, it would mest every ship leaving New york from 3"°to 17%. These are 15, 182. vihen both thie. clocks are slow or fast by an integral multiple of 12 hours, they will show the correct time simultaneously. This will happen first time after 3600 days '83. The car was scheduléd'to reach the station at 8:30 am. When It net the engineer it saved 10 minutes- 5 minutes to get to the station and five mipites to come back to the meeting point, That moans that the car met the engineer at 8:25 am. Therefore, the engineer was walking for 1 hour 25 minutes. 184. Let the milestones of A and B be a and b, respectively. The distances traveled til the 2 and 3° meeting will always be in the ratio 5: @ a 145 201 b A B weenie AGbearb-145 5 14 2b-a)+201-a avi45—a 4° 2(b-a)+b-201 Solve to get a = 103, b = 229, £85. Lot the driver leave at some minutes past NO clock. At N:00, the gap between minute and hour hand is 30N. The minute hand and 30N _60N 60N 8 ‘hour hand are together after => TT minutes, The driver left at aT 33" 60 minutes ago. This should be an integer. This Zz Ss an nteger for N= 10. Therefore, the dever left a 10:40 Ory, 26. Let ther speeds be Vand Ve. They take 20 and 45 minutes after crossing each other to reach their destination v =a - 4 = Ya < [95 _ 3 ana time taken forthe fest meeting t= YIOx4S = 30 min. the v agra ~~ V20~2 we rnin and 75 min for one way. After the first meeting, they travel twice the distance for every sul 30 2'= 60 minutes for each subsequent meet. Time taken for the 3% meet = 30 + 187, ter 10 days Tortoise has traveled 200 km andthe hare has tree 189 kn, Samet ie eran n te svn ny en Se mete = exe 2x20 x= Sh x24 ‘Therefore days = wit € http:/ /www.totalgadh: