An army 50 miles long marches at a constant rate. A courier standing at the rear moves forward and delivers the message to the first person and then turns back and reaches the rear of the army as the army completes 50 miles. Find the distance travelled by the courier

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shiv kumar chaudhary

  • Aug 1st, 2006
 

the ans is :

the distance travelled by the courier is = 50 + 2 * [(1250)^1/2 ];

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satyam dubey

  • Aug 31st, 2006
 

ans is=200 miles

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satyam dubey

  • Aug 31st, 2006
 

ans is 150 miles

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sumanth

  • Sep 1st, 2006
 

correct answer s 100miles. reason: the courier has travelled along the length of the army twice,i.e forward and backward so it s twice of 50.

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deepak prakash

  • Sep 2nd, 2006
 

i agree with the previous reply..the answer is 100 miles..(50*2)

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Dev

  • Sep 12th, 2006
 

The answer is 100 miles.

ltes consider the speed of the army as S1.

thus time taken = 50/S1.

since the courier completes the journey twice,thus his speed is 2*S1.

thus the distance travelled is: 2S1*(50/S1)=100

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