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A man in a train notices that he can count 21 telephone posts in one minute. If they are known to be 50 metres apart, then at what speed is the train travelling?

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Important Questions on Time, Speed and Distance

MEDIUM
A and B are at a distance of 1.7 km apart and they start running towards each other at a speed of 8 m/s and 9 m/s respectively. After how much time, will they meet each other?
EASY

Quantity1: Train A is running at a speed of 25 m/sec crosses. Train B is coming from opposite direction running at a speed of 15 m/sec in 12 seconds. Length of Train A is twice of Train B. Find the length of train A.

Quantity 2: 160 Meters.

MEDIUM
Walking at 60% of his usual speed, a man reaches his destination 1 hour 40 minutes late. His usual time (in hours) to reach the destination is:
EASY
If Shivan walks at the rate of 19 kmph. How much time (in min) will he take to cover 665 m?
MEDIUM
A and B start at the same time with speeds of 40 km/h and 50 km/h respectively. If in covering the journey A takes 15 min longer than B, the total distance of the journey is-
EASY
A takes 2 hours 30 minutes more than B to walk 40 km. If A doubles his speed, then he can make it in 1 hour less than B. How much time (in hours) does A require for walking a 40 km distance?
EASY
Which of the following is not a unit of time?
MEDIUM
A man standing on a railway platform noticed that a train took 21s to cross the platform (this means the time elapsed from the moment the engine enters the platform till the last compartment leaves the platform) which is 88m long, and that it took 9s to pass him. Assuming that the train was moving with uniform speed, what is the length of the train in meters?
HARD

The speeds of John and Max are 30 km/h and 40 km/h. Initially, Max is at a place L and John is at a place M. The distance between L and M is 650 km. John started his journey 3 hours earlier than Max to meet each other. If they meet each other at a place P somewhere between L and M, then the distance between P and M is how much?

MEDIUM

Train A, travelling at S m/s, can cross a platform double its length in 21 seconds. The same train, travelling at S+5 m/s, can cross the same platform in 18 seconds. What is the value of S?

HARD
A man is walking at a speed of 12 km/hour. After every kilometer he takes rest for 4 minutes. How much time (in minutes) will he take to cover a distance of 8 kilometers ?
EASY
A person has to travel from point B in certain amount of time. Traveling at a speed of 5 kmph he reaches 48 minutes late, while traveling at a speed of 8 kmph he reaches 15 minutes early. What is the distance from Point A to Point B?
MEDIUM
A train leaves station A at 8 am and reaches station B at 12 noon. A car leaves station B at 8:30 am and reaches station A at the same time when the train reaches station B. At what time do they meet?
MEDIUM
A boy increases his speed to 95 times of his original speed. By this he reaches his school 30 minutes before the usual time. How much time he takes usually?
EASY
Walking at 45th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes late for his office. What is the usual time taken by him to cover that distance?
MEDIUM

An object travels 20 meters in 4 seconds and 15 meters in the next two seconds. What is the average speed of the object?

EASY
A motorcycle covers 60 km in 3 hours. Its speed is doubled. What distance will it cover in next 1 hour ?
MEDIUM
Two trains, A and B, start from station X and Y towards each other. They take 4 hours 48 minutes and 3 hours 20 minutes to reach Y and X, respectively, after they meet. If train A is moving at 45 km/h then the speed of train B is:
EASY
On walking at 34 his usual speed a man reaches his office 20 minutes late. What is usual time taken by him to reach his office?
EASY
Train A, which is 320 m long can cross a pole in 16 s. If it halts 5 times each time for exactly 18 min, how many hours will it take to cover a distance of  576 km? (in hours)