Question : A and B started travelling towards each other at the same time, from places X to Y and Y to X, respectively. After crossing each other, A and B took 2.45 hours and 4.05 hours to reach Y and X, respectively. If the speed of B was 8.4 km/hr, then what was the speed (in km/hr) of A?
Option 1: 10.8
Option 2: 11.7
Option 3: 12.6
Option 4: 9.9
Correct Answer: 10.8
Solution : $\frac{\text{Speed of A}}{\text{Speed of B}}$ = $\sqrt{\frac{\text{Time Taken by B after crossing A }}{\text{ Time Taken by A after crossing B}}}$ According to the question $\frac{\text{Speed of A}}{8.4}=\sqrt{\frac{4.05}{2.45}}=\sqrt{\frac{81}{49}}$ $\therefore$ Speed of A $=\frac{9}{7} × 8.4= 10.8$ Hence, the correct answer is 10.8.
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Question : Two trains with a speed of 80 km/hr and 120 km/hr, respectively, are 500 km apart and face each other. Find the distance between them 10 minutes before crossing.
Option 1: 72.33 km
Option 2: 33.33 km
Option 3: 63.33 km
Option 4: 52.74 km
Question : A boat takes 4 hours to travel from a place X to Y downstream and back from Y to X upstream. If the distance from X to Y is 10.5 km, and the speed of the current is 9 km/hr, then the speed of the boat in still water, in km/hr, is:
Option 1: $10 \frac{1}{2}$
Option 2: $15$
Option 3: $12$
Option 4: $12 \frac{1}{2}$
Question : A train crosses two persons travelling at 4 km/hr and 6 km/hr in the same direction in 12 sec and 14 sec, respectively. The speed of the train is ________.
Option 1: 18 km/hr
Option 2: 26 km/hr
Option 3: 20 km/hr
Option 4: 24 km/hr
Question : A speedboat, whose speed is 20 km/hr in still water, goes 35 km downstream and comes back in a total of 8 hours. What is the speed of the stream?
Option 1: 20 km/hr
Option 2: 10 km/hr
Option 3: 15 km/hr
Option 4: 5 km/hr
Question : A boy goes from home to school at a speed of 30 km/hr and returns back at a speed of 70 km/hr. What is his average speed for the journey?
Option 1: 42 km/hr
Option 2: 48 km/hr
Option 3: 38 km/hr
Option 4: 36 km/hr
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