Question

Ramesh travels 760 km to his home partly by train and partly by car. He takes 8 hours if he travels 160 km. by train and the rest by car. He takes 12 minutes more if the travels 240 km by train and the rest by car. Find the speed of the train and car respectively.

Answer 1

Let the speed of the train be x km/hour that of the car be y km/hr, we have the following cases

Case I: When Ramesh travels 760 Km by train and the rest by car

Time taken by Ramesh to travel 160 Km by train =

Time taken by Ramesh to travel (760-160) =600 Km by car =

Total time taken by Ramesh to cover 760Km = +

It is given that total time taken in 8 hours

Case II: When Ramesh travels 240Km by train and the rest by car

Time taken by Ramesh to travel 240 Km by train =

Time taken by Ramesh to travel (760-240) =520Km by car =

In this case total time of the journey is 8 hours 12 minutes

...(ii)

Putting and, , the equations and reduces to

Multiplying equation (iii) by 6 and (iv)by 20 the above system of equation becomes

Subtracting equation from we get

Putting in equation, we get

Now

and

Hence, the speed of the train is ,

The speed of the car is .