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A person leaves his house and travelling at 4 kmph reaches his office 10 minutes late. Had he travelled at 7kmph he would have been 20 mins early. Find the distance from the house to the office?
a)14/3 b)2 c)14/9 d)14/6

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4=D/(T+10/60)---(1)
7=D/(T-20/60)---(2)
Simplifies form : 24T-6D=-4 -----(3)
21T-3D=7-------(4)
Solving (3) and (4)
T=1, D=14/3
Answer is a) 14/3
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