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  • Question
  • A man goes to the fair in Funcity with his son and faithful dog. Unfortunately man misses his son which he realises 20 minutes later. The son comes back towards his home at the speed of 20 m/min and man follows him at 40 m/min. The dog runs to the son (child) and comes back to the man (father) to show him the direction of his son. It keeps moving to and fro at 60 m/min between son and father, till the man meets the son. what is the distance travelled by the dog in the direction of the son?


  • Options
  • A. 800 m
  • B. 1675 m
  • C. 848 m
  • D. 1000 m

  • Correct Answer
  • 1000 m 

    Explanation

    In 20 minutes the difference between man and his son = 20 x 20 = 400 m
    Distance travelled by dog when he goes towards son = (400/40) x 60 = 600 m and time required is 10 minutes
    In 10 minutes the remaining difference between man and son = 400 - (20 x 10) = 200 m

    Note: Relative speed of dog with child is 40 km/h and the same with man is 100 km/h.
    Time taken by dog to meet the man = 200/100 = 2 min
    In 2 minute the remaining distance between child and man = 200 - ( 2 x 20) = 160 m
    Now, the time taken by dog to meet the child again = 160/40 = 4 min
    In 4 minutes he covers 4 x 60 = 240 m distance while going towards the son.
    In 4 minute the remaining distance between man and child = 160 - (4 x 20) = 80 m
    Time required by dog to meet man once again = 80/100 = 0.8 min
    In 0.8 min remaining distance between man and child = 80 - (0.8 x 20) = 64 min
    Now, time taken by dog to meet the child again = (64/40) x (8/5) min
    ? Distance travelled by dog = (8/5) x 60 = 96 m
    Thus, we can observe that every next time dog just go 2/5th of previous distance to meet the child in the direction of child.
    So, we can calculate the total distance covered by dog in the direction of child with the help of GP formula.
    Here, first term (a) = 600 and common ratio (r) = 2/5
    Sum of the infinite GP = a/(1 - r)
    = 600/(1 - 2/5) = (600 x 5)/3 = 1000 m


  • Time and Distance problems


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    • 1. 
      Amarnath express left Amritsar for Gorakhpur. Two hours later Gorakhnath express left from Amritsar to Gorakhour. Both trains reached Gorakhpur simultaneously. If Amarnath express had started from Amritsr and Gorakhnath express had started from Gorakhpur at the same time and travelled towards each other they would meet in 1 h 20 min. Find the time taken by Amarnath express to travel from Amritsar to Gorakhpur(in hour)?

    • Options
    • A. 2
    • B. 4
    • C. 5
    • D. 6
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      Akbar and Birbal setout at the same time to walk towards each other respectively from Agra and Banaras 144 km apart. Akbar walks at the constant speed of 8 km/h, while Birbal walks 4 km in the first hour, 5 km in the second hour, 6 km in the third hour and so on. Then the Akbar and Birbal will meet?

    • Options
    • A. In 6 hr.
    • B. In 8 hr.
    • C. Midway between Agra and Banaras
    • D. 80 km away from Banaras
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      A tiger is 50 of its own leaps behind a deer. The tiger takes 5 leaps per minute to the deer's 4. If the tiger and the deer cover 8 m and 5 m per leap respectively, what distance will the tiger have to run before it catches the deer?

    • Options
    • A. 600 m
    • B. 700 m
    • C. 800 m
    • D. 1000 m
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      Soniya and Priyanka started from Amethi and Bellari for Bellari and Amethi, which are 645 km apart. They meet after 15 hours. After their meeting, Sonia increased her speed by 3 km/h and priyanka reduced her speed by 3 km/h, they arrived at Bellari and Amethi respectively at the same time. What is their initial speeds?

    • Options
    • A. 24 km/h and 30 km/h
    • B. 25 km/h and 18 km/h
    • C. 18 km/h and 21 km/h
    • D. 20 km/h and 23 km/h
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      Den Bosh and Eastbourne are two famous cities 300 km apart. Maradona starts from Den Bosch at 8 : 24 am. An hour later Pele starts from Den Bosch. After travelling for 1 hour, Pele reaches Nottingham that Maradona had passed 40 minutes earlier. Nottingham falls on the way from Den Bosh to Eastbourne at the same time, what is the speeds of the time Maradona and Pele respectively?

    • Options
    • A. 100 km/h, 125 km/h
    • B. 60 km/h, 80 km/h
    • C. 60 km/h, 75 km/h
    • D. 75 km/h, 100 km/h
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      A hunter fired two shots from the branch of a tree at an interval of 76 seconds. A tiger separating too fast hears the two shots at an interval of 83 seconds. If the velocity of the sound is 1195.2 km/h, then find the speed of tiger?

    • Options
    • A. 112.8 km/h
    • B. 100.8 km/h
    • C. 80.16 km/h
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      A soldier fired two bullets at an interval of 335 seconds moving at a uniform speed v 1. A terrorist who was running ahead of the soldier in the same direction, hears the two shots at an interval of 330 seconds? If the speed of sound is 1188 km/h, then who is the faster and by how much?

    • Options
    • A. Soldier, 22 km/h
    • B. Terrorist, 25 km/h
    • C. Soldier, 18 km/h
    • D. Terroist, 20 km/h
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      In reaching the Purnagiri a man took half as long again to climb the second third as he did to climb the first third and a quarter as long again for the last third as for the second third. He took altogether 5 hr 50 minutes. Find the time he spent on the first third of the journey?

    • Options
    • A. 72 min
    • B. 80 min
    • C. 81 min
    • D. 88 min
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      A man travels the first part of his journey at 20 km/h and the next at 70 km/h, covering the entire journey at an average speed of 50 km/h. What is the ratio of the distance that he covered at 20 km/h to that he covered at 70 km/h?

    • Options
    • A. 4 : 21
    • B. 3 : 22
    • C. 1 : 4
    • D. 3 : 5
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      A man decides to travel 80 km in 8 h party by foot and party on a bicycle. If his speed on foot is 8 km/h and on bicycle 16 km/h, what distance would he travel on foot?

    • Options
    • A. 20 km
    • B. 30 km
    • C. 48 km
    • D. 60 km
    • Discuss


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