Speed Time Distance

TOPICS COVERED

• Basic Problems

• Average Speed

• Relative Speed

• Trains

• Races

• Circular Tracks

• Boats & Streams

• Escalators
 Basic Problems

Traveling at 4/5th of usual speed a man is 15 min late. What is the usual time
to cover the same distance?
(a) 1 hour (b) 75 min
(b) 30 min (d) 45 min

A person saves 180 min when he increases his speed from 25 km/hr to 30
km/hr to cover a certain distance. Find the distance.
(a) 500 km (b) 420 km
(c) 250 km (d) 450 km

Speed of Ajay while going away from city is 60 km/hr and his speed while
returning towards the city is 40 km/hr. If the total time of journey cannot
exceed 8 hours, how far can he go so that he returns back to city within 8
hours?
(a) 192 km (b) 202 km
(c) 186 km (d) 156 km
 Basic Problems

If a person increases his speed by 1 km/hr he reaches his office in 3/4th of

the time he normally takes and if he decreases his speed by 1 km/hr, he
reaches his office 2 hrs late. What distance dose the person travels to his
office?
(a) 10 kms (b) 8 kms
(b) 12 kms (d) 9 kms

If the driver drives the bus at the speed of 30 km/hr he would reach the
destination in time. He covers half of the journey in 4/5th time. What should
be his speed for the remaining part of the journey so that he reaches his
destination in time?
(a) 50 km/hr (b) 75 km/hr
(b) 60 km/hr (d) 45 km/hr
 Average Speed

A car travel from A to B at 90 km/hr and returns back at 60 km/hr. Find the
average speed of car for the entire journey.
(a) 75 km/hr (b) 72 km/hr
(c) 70 km/hr (d) 80 km/hr

A car travels X km at 60 km/hr and then travels another 2X Km at 40 km/hr.

Find average speed over entire distance.
(a) 45 km/hr (b) 56km/hr
(c) 50 km/hr (d) 48 km/hr
Relative Speed

Relative speed = SA - SB

Relative speed = SA + SB
 Relative Speed

N H
500 km
Example-1
60 Kmph 40 Kmph

3 m/s
Example-2 5 m/s

100 m
 Relative Speed

The distance between two cities A and B is 330 Km. A train starts from A at 8
a.m. and travel towards B at 60 km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 a.m
and travels towards A at 75 Km/hr. At what time do they meet?
(a) 10 a.m. (b) 10:30 a.m.
(c) 11 a.m. (d) 11:30 a.m.

An artillery gun was fired twice at an interval of 24 sec. A jeep driver who is
traveling towards the gun heard the sound after an interval of 22 sec. If the
sound is traveling at the speed of 330 m/s, find the speed of jeep.
(a) 11 m/s (b) 22 m/s
(c)24 m/s (d) 30 m/s
 Trains

Time taken to cross Pole or Standing man:

L

Length of Train L
Time taken = Speed of Train
S
 Trains

Time taken to cross Platform or Bridge:

L

PLATFORM

Length of Train  Length of Platform LP

Time taken = =
Speed of Train S
 Trains

Time taken to overtake or cross a running man:

L
L

S S

M
M

Length of Train Length of Train

Time to overtake = Time to cross =
Relative Speed Relative Speed
L L
= =
SM S M
 Trains

Time taken a train to overtake another train:

L1

S1

S2

L2

Length of Train 1  Length of Train 2 L1  L 2

Time to overtake = =
Relative Speed S1  S2
 Trains

Time taken a train to cross another train:

L1

S1

S2

L2

Length of Train 1  Length of Train 2 L1  L 2

Time to overtake = =
Relative Speed S1  S2
 Trains

Two trains of length 200 m and 250 m respectively running in same

direction enter a tunnel 300 m long. If the speeds of shorter and longer
trains are 72 km/hr and 90 km/hr respectively, then the difference in the
timing between them to exit the tunnel is:
(a) 2 sec (b) 3 sec
(c) 4 sec (d) 5 sec

A train, 150 m in length, crosses a pole in 10 sec. Another train traveling at

the same speed crosses a platform; 570 m long in 58 sec. Find the time the
second train takes to cross the first train when the first train is not moving.
(a) 25 sec (b) 30 sec
(c) 35 sec (d) 15 sec
 Races

When two persons A and B are running a race, they can start the race at the
same time or one of them may start a race little later than the other. As per the
second case, suppose if B starts the race 10 seconds after A starts, then we
say A has a ‘start’ of 10 seconds.

A
B (After 10 Seconds)

START FINISH
 Races

It may be also possible that these competitors may start at the same point
or one person is ahead of other right from the beginning. As per the second
case, suppose if B is starting from the start point, while A is starting from 10
meters ahead of B (start point), then we say A has got a ‘start’ of 10 meters.

B A
START FINISH
10
meters
 Races

C A B
START 10 20 FINISH
meters meters

We can Say –
B beats A by 20 m
B beats C by 30 m
A beats C by 10 m
 Races

In a km race P beats Q by 100 m and R by 190 m. In a race of 500 m, by

how many meters would Q beat R?
(a) 90 m (b) 50 m
(c) 45 m (d) 100 m

Raju is 4/3 times as fast as Pavan. If Pavan has a head start of 50 m, what
should be the length of race track such that both of them reach the finishing
point at same time?
(a) 90 m (b) 200m
(c) 50 m (d) 150 m
 Circular Track

A 5 m/s
B Time required to meet
4 m/s = L . (Same
anywhere on the circular
track for 1st time SA - SB direction)

Start = L . (Opposite
SA + SB direction)

L = 400 m

Time required to meet start

point of the circular track = LCM (TA, TB)
for 1st time

T A = L / SA T B = L / SB
 Circular Track

A, B and C participated in a race around a circular track. A and B runs in

the same direction while C runs in the opposite direction. If the speed of
A, B and C are 10 m/s, 20 m/s and 30 m/s respectively, and the length of
track is 1000 m, then after how much time will they meet for the first time?
(a) 100 sec (b) 125 sec
(c) 150 sec (d) 200 sec

P and Q start at the same from the start point and run around a track of 1500
m length at the respective speed of 20 m/s and 15 m/s in opposite direction.
After how much time will they meet at the start point for 2nd time ?
(a) 100 sec (b) 300 sec
(c) 400 sec (d) 600 sec
 Boats & Streams
b – speed of boat in still water
w – speed of water current

SUpstream = b – w
SDownstream = b + w

A man rows 5/6th of a kilometer upstream in 25 min and returns in 10 min.

Find the speed of water current.
(a) 1 km/hr (b) 1.5 km/hr
(c) 2 km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr

Speed of motorboat in still water is 10 km/hr. If it can travel 55 km downstream

and 45 km upstream in the same time, the speed of stream is:
(a) 1 km/hr (b) 1.5 km/hr
(c) 2 km/hr (d) 3 km/hr
 Escalators

Ajay walked down a descending escalator. He took

60 steps and reached the bottom in 60 sec. On
another occasion he took 80 steps and reached the
bottom in only 50 sec. Find the number of steps in
escalator.
(a) 160 (b) 180
(c) 200 (d) 240

An escalator is moving downwards. P takes 30 steps to reach the bottom

from top and Q takes 70 steps to reach the top from bottom. The speed of P
and Q are equal. How many steps are there in the escalators?
(a) 42 (b) 45
(c) 50 (d) 60