if it takes divyanshu 2 minutes to walk up a moving escalator in the same direction as the escalator,but 6 minutes-at the very same pace-down the escalator ,how much faster than the escalator is divyanshu walking?

• divyanshu is moving with twice the speed of escaltor
  x/ =2
  x/ = 6
  d+e/d-e = 3
  d= 2 e
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• let speed of man be x & speed of escalator be y
  (x+y)*2=(x-y)*6
  x=2y
  divyanshu walks twice speed than escalator
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• let divyanshu's speed be x and speed of escalator be y
  speed while going upwards= x+y
  time taken to move up= 2 min
  speed while coming down = x-y
  time taken to move down= 6 min
  distance covered is same in both cases
  distance =speed*time
  2(x+y)=6(x-y)
  2x+2y=6x-6y
  8y=4x
  2y=x
  therefore divyanshu is walking twice as fast as the escalator
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