A boy goes to school form his village at 3 kmph and returns back at 2kmph if he takes 5 hours in all the distance between the village and the school is

• 6km
  
  Let x be the distance between village and school
  
  x/3 + x/2 = 5
  5x/6 = 5
  
  x = 6
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• let, the distance between school and village be x
  now, time taken to go to school = x/3
  time taken to return home from school = x/2
  Acc. to the problem,
  x/3 + x/2 = 5
  => 5x/6 = 5
  => x=6
  so, the distance between the village and school is 6 km (Ans:-)
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