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Distance.....
A van travelled from down X to Y. His speed at DownHill 72mph and UpHill 56 mph and Level 63mph. It takes 4 hours to travel form X to Y and takes 4 hours and 40 minutes to travel from Y to X. Find the distance between X and Y ?
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suresh
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Expert Member
Re: Distance.....
Speed = distance/time
time = distance / speed
by using this formula i got the answer as 273 miles.
Thanks
Manoj
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Contributing Member
Re: Distance.....
Yes you are correct...but if you give a brief explanation about your answer then it would be helpful to others..plz leave your solution here...
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suresh
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Expert Member
Re: Distance.....
a/72+b/56+c/63=4 (equation in hours)
a/63+b/56+c/72=4hours 40minutes=(4*3+2)/3=14/3
adding these two equation will get a+b+c=273 miles
Thanks
Manoj
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