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Ex 1. Convert 40 m/sec to km/hr

Everywhere is within walking distance if you have time Solution:
40m/sec
= 40 × 18/5
Introduction: = 144 km/hr.
Speed is defined as a measure of the distance an object
travels in unit time. Relative speed:
The speed of an object tells you how fast or slow it's moving. If two bodies are moving (in the same direction or in the
The faster something moves, the greater the distance it covers opposite direction), then the speed of one body with respect
in a given time, or the less time it takes to cover a given to the other is called its relative speed.
distance.
Speed of A with respect to B is as follows:-
Uniform & Variable speed:  When they are moving in same direction; Relative
1. Uniform speed: If an object covers the same distance in speed of A= A-B
the same intervals of time, then the speed of the object is said  When they are moving in opposite direction;
to be uniform. Relative speed of A= A+B
For example: Key concept:
A car covers 70 km in 1st hour, 70 km in 2nd hour, and 70 km 1. Two objects travel the same distance (D) with different
in 3rd and so on. We say that the car is moving with a uniform speeds of S1and S2. If the
speed of 70 km/hr. Difference between the journey times is T then
D= (S1 ×S2) × T
2. Variable speed:
|S1-S2|
If an object covers different distance in the same interval of
2. If an object travels a distance of D with a speed of S1 and
time, then the speed of the object is said to be variable.
returns with a speed of S2
Taking a total time of T, then D= (S1S2) ×T
For example:
(S1+S2)
If a car covers 59 km in the first hour, 64 km in the second
3. If two objects travel the same distance with speeds of S1
hour and 57 km in the third hour. We say that the car is moving
and S2 taking the journey
with a variable speed.
Times of T1and T2 respectively, then S1:S2=T2:T1
4. Walking at p/qth of usual speed a man reaches his
Calculating speed
destination T-hours late (or early) then
To work out speed the following two things must be known:
Usual time to reach the office is given by (P×T)/|P-Q|
 The distance travelled 5. If a person walks a distance D with a speed of S1 kmph then
 The time taken to travel that distance he will be late (early) by T1 hours. If he walks at S2 kmph he
will be late (early) by T2 hours. Then the distance travelled by
The relationship between speed, distance and time: the person D= (S1S2) ×T
Speed = Distance/Time (S1-S2)
Time = Distance/Speed
Distance = Speed × Time Average speed:
Average speed= Total distance traveled/Total time taken
Conversion of units of speed:
1. If an object travels a distance of D1–km with S1–kmph
1. Conversion of km/hr into m/sec
How to convert km/hr into m/sec? another D2–km with a speed of S2
Km/hr = 1 km/1 hr = 1 × 1000 m/60 × 60 sec = 1000/3600 Kmph and D3-km with a speed of S3-kmph, then the average
m/sec = 5/18 m/sec speed of the journey is Sa = (D1+D2+D3)
So, we say that to convert km/hr into m/sec, we multiply by (D1/S1+D2/S2+D3/S3)
5/18.
2. If an object travels with a speed of S1-kmph for t1-hours,
Ex 1. Convert 72 km/hr to m/sec
next with a speed of S2 kmph for t2 -hours and with a speed
Solution:
72 km/hr of S3-kmph for t3–hours, then the average speed (SA) for the
= 72 × 5/18 m/sec whole journey is (S1t1 + S2t2 + S3t3)
= 20 m/sec. (t1 + t2 + t3)

2. Conversion of m/sec to km/hr Trains:

How to convert m/sec to km/hr?  When a train is crossing a pole distance traveled by
M/sec = 1m/1sec = (1/1000) km/ (1/60 × 60) hr = 60 × 60 /1000 the train= length of train
km/hr = 18/5 km/hr  When a train of length L is crossing a bridge of length
So, we say that to convert m/sec into km/hr, we multiply by B; the distance traveled by train=L+B
18/5  When a train of length L is crossing a platform of
length P; then distance traveled by train=L+P
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 When a train of length L1 is crossing/ overtaking Example:

another train L2; then distance traveled = L1+ L2 A boy goes to school at a speed of 3 kmph and returns to the
village at a speed of 2 kmph. If he takes 5 hrs in all, what is
Power Rangers: the distance between the village and the school?
Square and Square Root of 1142 Solution: Required distance =5*(3*2) / (3+2) = 6 km.
Answer:
Firstly we separate the 114 like this (11/4)2 Power Rangers:
Then applied formula on it A Honda car does complete a journey in 12 hours, the first half
=112 / 2x11x4 /42 hours complete at 23 km / hr and the second half at 25 km /
=112 / 2x11x4 /16 hr. Find the distance.
=121 / 88 /16
We apply the formula a2 + 2.a.b + b2 Solution: Lazy Math
Step 1: note down 6 carry 1 Let the distance be x km.
Step 2: add carry 1 to 88 = 89, note down 9 carry 8 The car has time taken to complete the x / 2 km at a speed of
Step 3: add carry 8 to 121 and note down 129 23 km / hr.
= 12996 The car has time taken to complete the x / 2 km at a speed of
25 km / hr.
2. Square and Square Root of 2232 So, total time taken to complete the whole journey is
Answer: x / 2 x 23 + x / 2 x 25 = 10 hrs
Firstly we separate the 223 like this (22/3)2 x = 2 x 10 x 23 x 25 / (23 + 25)
Then applied formula on it x =287.5
We apply the formula a2 + 2.a.b + b2
=222 + 2 x 22 x 3 + 32 Speed Math:
=484 / 132 /9 Distance = 2 x Time x speed 1 x speed 2 / s1 + s2
=49729 Here s1 = speed during first half and s2 = Speed of second
Step 1: note down 9 half of journey
Step 2: note down 2 carry 13 Distance = 2 x 10 x 23 x 25 / (23 + 25)
Step 3:add carry 13 to 4 = 17, note down 7 = 287.5 km.
Step 4: add carry 1 to 48 = 49 put down
= 49729 4. Suppose a person has walked some portion of his
speed (say in fraction, a/b), a person is x minutes late to
Techniques: his office. Then his usual time to cover the distance will
1. If a man travels from point A to point B with a speed of be:
‘a’ and back to point A (from point B) with a speed of b, Usual time=Late time / {1/(a/b)-1}
then the average speed of the body is:2ab/(a+b).
Example:
Example: Walking ¾ of his speed, a person is 10 min late to his office.
A car covers a certain distance at a speed of 90 km/hr while Find his usual time to cover the distance?
going and returns to the starting point at a speed of 60 km/hr. Solution: Usual time = Late time / {1/ (3/4) – 1)
find the average speed of the car for the whole journey? = 10 / (4/3 -1)
Solution: Average speed = (2 x 90 x 60)/ (60+90) = 10 / (1/3)
= 72 km/hr = 30 minutes
2. If a car does a journey in ‘T’ hrs, the first half at ‘a’ km/hr 5. Suppose a train traveling at x km/hr leaves Delhi at a
and the second half at ‘b’ km/hr. The total distance certain point of time (say a hours) and another train
covered by the car is: traveling at y km/hr starts at (say b hours) in the same
(2 * Time * a * b)/ (a + b). direction. Then how many km from will they be together
is: Product of speeds * Difference of time (hours) /
Example: (Difference of speeds)
A motorcar does a journey in 10 hrs, the first half at 21 kmph
and the second half at 24 kmph. Find the distance? Example:
Solution: Distance = (2 x 10 x 21 x 24) / (21+24) A train traveling 25 kmph leaves Delhi at 9 a.m. and another
= 10080 / 45 train traveling 35 kmph starts at 2 p.m. in the same direction.
= 224 km. How many km from will they be together?
3. If a person goes from ‘A’ to ‘B’ at a speed of ‘a’ kmph Solution: Meeting point’s distance from the starting point =
and returns at a speed of ‘b’ kmph and takes ‘T’ hours in [25 x 35 x (9 a.m. - 2 p.m.)] / (35 -25)
all, then the distance between the A and B: Total time = (25 x 35x 5) / 10
taken x (Product of the two Speeds / Addition of the two = 4375 / 10
speeds) = 437.5 km

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Power Rangers: 6. There are 2 cities P and Q if a car A starts from city P at 6
A boy without any stoppage running on a road at an AM and reaches city Q at noon. another car B starts from city
average speed of 80 km /hr, and with stoppage he covers Q at 7 AM and reaches city P at 3 pm another car C starts
the same distance at an average speed of 60 km / hr. How from city P, an hour earlier than car A if d distance between 2
many minutes per hour does boy stop? cities is 240km, and car C can meets car A and car B
Solution: simultaneously, den how much time would the car C require
Lazy Math: travelling from city P to city Q?
Let the total distance cover by boy on road is x km. A. 68/9hrs B. 68/7hrs C.86/9hrs D. 69/8hrs
Time take to complete at a speed of 80 km / hours = x / 60
Hours
Time take to complete at a speed of 80 km / hours=hours. Fast forward 2: I want to travel 1,000 miles on an adult tricycle
So he stop to rest (x / 80 – x / 60) hours = 20x / 60 x 80 = and I have two spare tyres.
x / 240 hours However, I want to use all five tyres equally and have an equal
So he rest per hour = x / 240 / x / 60 = x / 240 x 60 / x = mileage on each of the five tyres by the end of the trip. Of
1/4 hours = 15 minutes course I can only use three tyres at a time, so I will have to
Speed Math: change tyres during the trip. At the end of the trip how many
Time of rest per hour = (Difference of speed / Speed miles will each tyre have been used?
without stoppage)
(80 – 60) / 80 = 1 / 4 = 15 minutes RELATIVE SPEED:
7. Two cars A and B are travelling in the same direction at
BASIC PROBLEMS: speeds of 20 kmph and 25 kmph respectively. A person in car
1. If walking at three fourth of his usual speed, a man reaches C, approaching the two cars from the opposite side, sees the
the destination one and half an hours late, then what is his speed of A as 35 kmph. What is the speed of car C with
usual travel time to the destination? respect to car B (in kmph)?
A. 4 ½ hrs B. 4 hrs A. 45 B. 40 C. 35 D. 5
C. 6 hrs D. 3.5 hrs
8. Two athletes are running from the same place at the speed
2. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would of 6 km/hr and 4 km/hr. find the distance between them after
have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by him 10 minutes if they move in the same direction.
is: A. 333.3m B. 222.3m
A. 50 km B. 56 km C. 133.3m D. 333.6m
C. 70 km D. 80 km
9. A goods train leaves a station at a certain time and at a fixed
3. In covering a distance of 30 km, Arun takes 2 hours more speed. After 6 hours, an express train leaves the same station
than Anil. If Arun doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour and moves in the same direction at a uniform speed of 90
less than Anil. What is Arun's speed? km/hr. If this train catches up the goods train in four hours,
A. 8 kmph B. 5 kmph then what is the speed of the goods train?
C. 4 kmph D. 7 kmph A. 26 km/hr B. 37 km/hr
C. 42 km/hr D. 36 km/hr
Fast forward 1: A bus driver was heading down a street in
Delhi. He went right past a stop sign without stopping. He 10. Bangalore and Madurai are two stations 390 km apart. A
turned left where there was a 'no left turn' sign. He went train starts from Bangalore at 10 a.m. and travels towards
the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the Madurai at 65 km/hr. Another train starts from Madurai at 11
left side of the road past a cop car. Still - he didn't break a.m. and travels towards Bangalore at 35 km/hr. At what time
any traffic laws. Why not? do the trains meet each other?
A. 2.00 p.m. B. 3.15 p.m.
C. 2.45 p.m. D. 2.15 p.m.
AVERAGE SPEED:
4. Consider two cities A and B at a distance of 240 km from 11. A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 100 m.
each other. Bob travels from A to B at an average speed 40 When the policeman starts chasing the thief, the thief also
kmph and return journey at an average speed 60 kmph. starts running. If the speed of the
Determine his average overall journey speed? Thief is 8 km/hr and that of the policeman is 10 km/hr, then
A. 40 kmph B. 60 kmph how far the thief will have run before he is caught?
C. 50 kmph D. 48 kmph A. 200 m B. 250 m
C. 400 m D. 360 m
5. Badri planned to travel to his favorite destination in three
different transport modes. He travels 50 km by car, at a speed 12. How long does a train 110 m long running at 36 km/hr
of 70 km/hr. He covers next 100 km by train at 150 km/hr and take to cross a bridge 132 m in length?
rest 400 km, he covers by flight travelling at a speed of 800 A. 12 sec B. 24.2 sec
km/hr. What is the approximate average speed during the C. 24 sec D. 32 sec
whole journey? (in km/hr)
A. 292 B. 300 C. 350 D. 400 13. Two trains 121 m long and 99 m long are running in
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opposite directions, the first at 40 km/hr. and the second at 32 21. Let these two trains first time meet at Patna, then what is
km/hr. In what time will they completely clear each other from the ratio of distances covered by Awadh express and Bokaro
the moment they meet? express till they meet for the third time at the same place Patna
A. 12 sec B. 14 sec A. 1:1 B. 14:13
C. 11 sec D. 10 sec C. 10:11 D. None of these

14. A train clears a platform 200 m long in 10 sec and

telephone post in 6 sec. The length of the train and speed is
A.300 m& 50 m/sec B. 200 m& 50 m/sec
C.200 km& 60 m/sec D. 1.2 km& 75 m/sec

15. A train 165 m long is running at the speed of 60 km/hr. In

what time will it pass a man who is running at the speed of 6 Explanatory Answers:
km/hr in the same direction in which the train is moving?
A. 10sec B. 11sec 1. New speed = (3/4 of usual speed)
C. 14sec D. 15sec New time = 4/3 of usual time
Delay = 1 and half hour (90 minutes) i.e. the difference
16. A passenger sitting in a train of length lm ,which is running between new time and usual time
with speed of 60km/h passing through two bridges ,notice that New time- usual time = 90 minutes
he crosses the first bridge and the second bridge in time 4/3of usual time – usual time = 90 minutes
interval which are in the ratio of 7:4 respectively If the length (4/3-1) usual time = 90 minutes
of first bridge be 280m ,then the length of second bridge is 1/3 of usual time = 90 minutes
A. 490m B. 220m Usual time = 270 minutes i.e. 4 and half hours
C. 160m D. can’t be determined Hence the correct Answer is Option A

17. A train traveling at 100 kmph overtakes a motorbike 2. Let actual distance = x for x distance the speed is 10
traveling at 64 kmph in 40 seconds. What is the length of the km/hr
train in meters? If speed is 14 km/hr, he covered ‘x+20 Here time taken to 2
A. 1777 meters B. 1822 meters journeys is equal
C.400 meters D. 1400 meters i.e. T1 is time taken for 1st journey & T2 is time taken for 2nd
journey.
18. A train of length 600 m is leaving a platform at 15 km/hr. T1 = T2 x/10 = (x+20)/14 x = 50km/hr
Before it completely left the platform, another train of length Hence the correct Answer is Option A
300 m coming in the opposite direction with a speed of 75
km/hr starts crossing the first train. The second train entered 3. Let the speed of Arun = x kmph and the speed of Anil = y
the platform completely, and simultaneously crossed the first kmph
train. If the length of the platform is 1125 m, then what is the Distance = 30 km we know that distance/speed=time
time taken by the second train to cross the platform after it has (30/x)-(30/y)=2…..eq1 (30/y)-(30/2x) =1…..eq2
crossed the first train? Adding eq1+eq2
A. 48 sec B. 54 sec (30/x)- (30/2x) =3 (30/2x) =3 (15/x) =3
C. 60 sec D. 72 sec (5/x)=1 X=5
Hence the correct Answer is Option B
19. Two trains of lengths 300 m and 400 m, moving in opposite
directions started crossing each other. At exactly the same 4. Average speed = 2xy/(x+y)
moment a person standing inside the first train, at its end, Avg speed = 2*40*60/(40+60) = 48km/hr
started walking towards its engine at 5 km/hr. If the speeds of Hence the correct Answer is Option D
the first and the second train are 50 km/hr and 35 km/hr
respectively, then how much time after the trains started 5. Average speed = total distance/ total time
crossing each other did the second train cross the man Total distance = 50+100+400 = 550 kms
walking in the first train? Total time = T1 +T2 +T3
A. 12 seconds B. 24 seconds T1 = 50/70 = 5/7hr
C. 16 seconds D. 28 seconds T2 = 100/150 = 2/3 hr
T3 = 400/800 = ½ hr
Direction for question number 20-21 Average speed = 550/(5/7+2/3+1/2) =292 km/hr
Awadh express and Bokaro express start simultaneously from Hence the correct Answer is Option A
lucknow and Jamshedpur towards each other and
continuously shuttle between these two places every time 6. Car A takes 6 hrs to reach from P to q. so the speed of
these trains meet each other ,they turn back after exchanging car A = 240/6 = 40 kmph.
their respective speeds ,the initial ratio of their speeds is 2:1 Car B takes 8 hrs to reach from q to p.
20. What is the number of distinct places at which they will so the speed of car B = 240/8 = 30 kmph.
meet?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 5 D. none of these
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Car A starts at 6 am from P. Car B starts at 7 am from Q. 13. Time taken by two trains to cross each other
The time required (in hrs) after 7 am for car A and B to meet = (L1+L2)/(S1+S2)
each other is = 200/70 = 20/7 hours. Car C starts from A at 5 Time taken = (121+99)/ {(40+32)*5/18} = 11 seconds
am. The time required (in hrs) for Car A and C meet each Hence the correct Answer is Option C
other after 6 am is = (20/7 + 1) hrs.
If the speed of Car C is Sc, then 14. Length of the train = L+200 takes 10 seconds
Sc/ (40-sc) =20/7+1 L length takes 6 seconds Here the speeds are equal then
7Sc = 27*40 – 27Sc, Sc= (27*40)/34 S1 = S2
Time taken by Car C to travel from P to Q = 240/ ((27*40)/34) That means (L + 200)/ 10 = L / 6 = 300 meters
= (240*34)/(27*40)=68/9 Hours T = 50 meters/sec
Hence the correct Answer is Option A Hence the correct Answer is Option A

7. Speed of car A (Sa) =20 kmph Speed of car B (Sb) = 25 15. Man moving in the same direction of the train
kmph Speed of train relative to the man = (60 – 6) km/h = 54 km/hr
Speed of car C with respect to A (Sca) = 35kmph = (54 × 5/18) m/sec= 15 m/sec
Thus, speed of car C (Sc) = 35-20 = 15kmph Time taken by the train to cross a man = distance/speed =
Speed of car C with respect to B = 15 + 25 = 40kmph Hence length of train/speed of train relative to man
the correct Answer is Option B = 165 m/15 m/sec = 11 sec
Hence the correct Answer is Option B
8. When they move in same direction their relative speed =
(6 – 4) km/hr = 2 km/hr. Time taken = 10 minutes 16. Here the length of the train in which passenger is travelling
Distance covered = speed × time = (2 × 10/60) km is not considered since we are concerned with the passenger
= 1/3 km = 1/3 × 1000 m= 333.3 m instead of train .so the length of the bridge will be directly
Hence the correct Answer is Option A proportional to the time taken by the passenger respectively
T1/T2= l1/l2
9. The speed of express train = 90 kmph 7/4= 280/x
The time taken by the express train = 4 hrs X=160m
The distance travelled by express train = 90 * 4 = 360 km Hence the correct Answer is Option C
The express train has caught the goods train, it means the
distance travelled by the goods train = 360 kms 17. When a train overtakes another object such as a
But time taken by the goods train = 6+4 = 10 hrs motorbike, whose length is negligible compared to the length
So the speed of goods train = 360/10 = 36 km/hr of the train, then the distance traveled by the train while
Hence the correct Answer is Option D overtaking the motorbike is the same as the length of the train.
The length of the train = distance travelled by the train while
10. Total distance from Madurai to Bangalore or Bangalore to overtaking the motorbike
Madurai = 390 kms = relative speed between the train and the motorbike * time
Speed of train A = 65 kmph Speed of train B = 35 kmph taken
The trains are not starting at the same time i.e. train A In this case, as both the objects i.e., the train and the
starting at 10 am and train B at 11 am so we cannot calculate motorbike are moving in the same direction, the relative speed
the relative speed when starting time of two trains are between them = difference between their respective speeds =
different. we can calculate from 11 am so that starting time of 100 - 64 = 36 kmph.
two trains are equal. Distance travelled by the train while overtaking the motorbike
So train A has travelled 1 hr and it covered 65 kms (speed = = 36 kmph * 40 seconds.
65km/hr). Now from this point the distance between two The final answer is given in meters and the speed is given in
trains = 390-65= 325 kms kmph and the time in seconds.
Time taken to meet each other = 325/ (65+35) = 3.25 hrs i.e. So let us convert the given speed from kmph to m/sec.
3 hours 15 minutes. 1 kmph = (5/18) m/sec
Hence the correct Answer is Option B Therefore, 36 kmph = 36 * (5 /18) = 10 m/sec.
Relative speed = 10 m/sec. Time taken = 40 seconds.
11. Initial distance = 100 m Therefore, distance travelled = 10 * 40 = 400 meters.
Final distance = 0 (as police caught the police) Hence the correct Answer is Option C
Speed of police = 10 km/hr
Speed of thief = 8 km/hr 18. First train has cleared the platform exactly when train 2
Time taken to catch = 100/ {(10-8)5/18}= 100*9/5 = 180 has completely entered the platform. And in question it is
seconds asked to calculate time taken by second train to cross the
Distance travelled by thief = (8*5/18)* 180 = 400 m platform after it has crossed the 1st train, which means we
Hence the correct Answer is Option C have to calculate time since the 2nd train has entered the
platform completely and up to the time when it has cleared
12. Time = (length of the train + length of the bridge)/speed the platform.
Speed = 36km/hr = 36 *5/18 = 10m/sec Time taken = time taken to cross the platform = 1125/
T = 242/10 = 24.2 sec (75*5/18) = 54 seconds
Hence the correct Answer is Option B Hence the correct Answer is Option B
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19. Consider question is asking about time taken for man and
2nd train to cross each other.
Initial distance between man and engine end of the train = 0
(when they started crossing each other)
Final distance between engine end of 2nd train & man = 400 m
Distance to be covered = 400+ 300 = 700 m
Relative speed of man and 2nd train = 50+5+35 = 90 kmph =
90 *5/18 = 25 m/sec
Time taken to cross = 700/25 = 28 seconds
Hence the correct Answer is Option D

20. These two trains meet only at P and L i.e. there are only
two points
Hence the correct Answer is Option B

21. For the first meeting they have to cover only 2x+x=3x
distance and for further meeting for each next meeting they
have to cover 6x distance z together .

Distance covered by A 2x 2x 4x 2x
Distance covered by B x 4x 2x 4x
Point of meeting P L P P
Total distance travelled 3x 6x 6x 6x

When A and B meets at P for the third time A goes 10x and B
goes 11x
Thus, the required ratio 10:11
Hence the correct Answer is Option C

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