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3159.A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
3.6
7.2
8.4
10
Explanation:
Speed =$ \left(\dfrac{600}{5 \times 60} \right) $m/sec.

   = 2 m/sec.

Converting m/sec to km/hr => m/sec =$\left(x \times\dfrac{18}{5}\right)$

   =$ \left(2 \times\dfrac{18}{5} \right) $km/hr

   = 7.2 km/hr.

3160.A and B walk around a circular track. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3 rounds per hour respectively. If they start at 8 a.m. from the same point in opposite directions, how many times shall they cross each other before 9.30 a.m.?
5
6
7
8
Explanation:

Relative speed = Speed of A + Speed of B [they walk in opposite directions]

= 2 + 3 = 5 rounds per hour

=> They cross each other 5 times in 1 hour and 2 times in 1/2 hour

Time duration from 8 am to 9.30 am = 1.5 hour

Hence they cross each other 7 times before 9.30 am

3161.Two boys starts from the same place walking at the rate of 5 kmph and 5.5 kmph respectively in the same direction. What time will they take to be 8.5 km apart?
17 hr
14 hr
12 hr
19 hr
Explanation:

Relative speed = 5.5 - 5 = 0.5 kmph [because they walk in the same direction]

distance = 8.5 km

time =$\dfrac{distance}{speed} = \dfrac{8.5}{0.5}$ = 17hr

3163.Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
9
10
12
20
Explanation:

Due to stoppages, it covers 9 km less.

Time taken to cover 9 km =$ \left(\dfrac{9}{54} \times 60\right) $min= 10 min.
3165.An athlete runs 200 metres race in 24 seconds. What is his speed?
20 km/hr
25 km/hr
27.5 km/hr
30 km/hr
Explanation:

Speed = $\dfrac{Distance}{Time} = \dfrac{200}{24}m/s = \dfrac{200}{24}\times \dfrac{18}{5}$km/hr

= $\dfrac{40 \times 3}{4}km/hr = 10 \times 3$km/hr = 30km/hr

44316.A man travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot at 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle at 9 km/hr.
What is the distance travelled on foot?
12 km
14 km
16 km
18 km
Explanation:

Let the time in which he travelled on foot = x hr

Then the time in which he travelled on bicycle = (9−x) hr

distance = speed $ \times$ time

=> 4x + 9(9 − x) = 61

=> 4x + 81− 9x = 61

=> 5x = 20

=> x = 4

Distance travelled on foot = 4x = 4 $ \times$ 4 = 16 km
44317.Express 25 mps in kmph?
15 kmph
99 kmph
90 kmph
None
Explanation:

25 * 18/5 = 90 kmph
44318.A motor cyclist covers a distance of 20 km at a speed of 10km per hour. Calculate the time taken to cover this distance.
2 hours
4 hours
5 hours
6 hours
Explanation:


Solution: Speed = 10 km/hour

Distance covered = 20 km

Time = distance/speed

= 20/10 hour

= 2 hours
44319.A man goes to his office from his house at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2 km/hr.
If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, what is the distance between his house and office?
3 km
4 km
5 km
6 km
Explanation:


Speed of House to Office is = 3 km/hr.

Speed of Office to House is = 2 km/hr.

Ratio of his speed = 3 : 2

Therefore, ratio of the time taken = 2 : 3

Since total time taken is 5 hours, he has taken 2 hours to travel to his office and 3 hours to come back.

Distance between his house and office

= 2 $ \times$ 3 = 6 km
44320.A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr
and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.
121 km
242 km
224 km
112 km
Explanation:

Average Speed = $ \dfrac{2 \times 21 \times 24}{21+24}$ = 22.4 km/hr

Total distance = 22.4 $\times $ 10 = 224 km

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