A man walks to Bus-stop at $4$ km per hour and is late by $8$ minutes, if he goes at $8$ km per hour, he reaches $12$ minutes earlier. Calculate the distance of the Bus stop.

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Solution

Let the distance of the Bus stop be $x$ km.
Then, $\frac{x}{4} - \frac{x}{8} = \frac{20}{60}$
$\frac{x}{8} = \frac{1}{3}$
$∴ x = \frac{8}{3} k m$
$= 2 \frac{2}{3} k m$

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A man walks to Bus-stop at 4 km per hour and is late by 8 minutes, if he goes at 8 km per hour, he reaches 12 minutes earlier. Calculate the distance of the Bus stop.

Let the distance of the Bus stop be x km.Then, x4−x8=2060x8=13∴x=83km=223km

A man walks to Bus-stop at $4$ km per hour and is late by $8$ minutes, if he goes at $8$ km per hour, he reaches $12$ minutes earlier. Calculate the distance of the Bus stop.

Let the distance of the Bus stop be $x$ km.
Then, $\frac{x}{4} - \frac{x}{8} = \frac{20}{60}$
$\frac{x}{8} = \frac{1}{3}$
$∴ x = \frac{8}{3} k m$
$= 2 \frac{2}{3} k m$