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A bus starts at 6 am from station A to station B. The same bus starts at 8 am from station B to station A in the next day. At what time the time and place will be the same. Total distance between station A and Station B is 400Km. Velocities of bus from station A is 40 Km/hr and that from station B is 50 Km/hr
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- At 11:33.20
Consider it as a case of two buses ,
one starting from A at 6 AM @ 40 kmph and other starting from B at 8 AM @ 50kmph
then , if these buses meet after x hrs from 6 AM, then
400= 40*x+50*(x-2)
solving it, we get
x= 50/9 hrs = 5 hrs 33 min 20 secs
so same time will be
11:33:20 - 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(2)
- @ Jamil,
Thanks for taking pain to calculate the distance. - 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- Garima..............you forgot to mention the place. It would be 222.22 kms from Station A and 177.78 kms from Station B.
- 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(1)
- i think my ans 9.40
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