Question

The average speed of a scooter is qkm/hr.Ayoung man leaves Delhi for Agra at 1:15pm.He reaches a point from where Agra is still 60km away and the time is 4:15pm.Express the distance between Delhi and Agra in terms of q

Answer 1

time taken by the scooter to reach a distance 60 KM away from Agra is = 4:15 - 1:15 = 3 hrs given average speed of scooter = q km/hr implies it travels q km for 1hr for 3 hrs it travels a distance of (q*3) km therefore the total distance from DELHI to AGRA is 3q+60 KM