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Speed, Time and Distance - Quant/Math - CAT 2013

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Question 4 the day: August 22, 2003

The question for the day is from the topic of Speed, Time and Distance.
Yana and Gupta leave points x and y towards y and x respectively simultaneously and travel in the same route. After meeting each other on the way, Yana takes 4 hours to reach her destination, while Gupta takes 9 hours to reach his destination. If the speed of Yana is 48 km/hr, what is the speed of Gupta?

(1) 72 kmph (2) 32 mph
(3) 20 mph (4) None of these
Correct Answer - (3)

Solution:


Yana and Gupta travel for the same amount of time till the time they meet between x and y.

So, the distance covered by them will be the same as the ratio of their speeds. Let the time that they have taken to meet each other be x hours from the time they have started.

Therefore, the cover the entire distance, Yana would take x + 4 hours and Gupta will take x + 9 hours.

Ratio of time taken Yana : Gupta :: x + 4 :: x + 9

=> Ratio of speeds of Yana : Gupta :: x + 9 :: x + 4 or 1 :

By the time Yana and Gupta meet, Yana would have traveled 48X kms. After meeting, this is the distance that Gupta takes 9 hours to cover.

Hence, Gupta's speed = km/hr.

=> But we know that the ratio of Yana's and Gupta's speeds are 1 :

=> Therefore, 48 : :: 1 :

Or =

=> x2 + 9x = 9x + 36

=> x2 = 36 or x = 6 hours.

Hence, speed of Gupta = = 32 kmph = 20mph




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