A train ran at a certain speed for one hour and then due to a technical problem, it ran at 3/5th of its original speed and reached the destination 2 hrs late. The driver said, had the problem occurred 50 miles later, we would have gained 40 minutes. What is the distance between the two cities that the train traveled?

Abhash SInha

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• Sep 4th, 2011

In this question, we have to solve for original time and original speed and then we will calculate the total distance. Let x & y be the speed & time respectively. Therefore, total distance=xy mile FI...

hsirah

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• Oct 1st, 2010

Total distance is 200 km.Case 1: t1 + t2 = T +120Case 2: t1 + t2_ + t3_ = T+80t2 -(t2_+t3_) = 40(t2-t3_)-t2 = 40t2 = x2/(3/5*x1/60)t3_ = x3_/(3/5*x1/60)t2 = x2_/x1/60Also x2 - x3_=50you can solve for ...

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