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Walking 34 of his normal speed, Ravi is 16 minutes late in reaching his office. Then the usual time taken by him to cover the distance between his home and office is

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48 minutes
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60 minutes
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42 minutes
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62 minutes
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Solution

The correct option is A 48 minutes
Let usual time taken by Ravi =x minutes
When speed goes down to 34, time will go up to 43 of the usual time.
Then, according to the question,
43x=x+16
13x=16
x=48
Hence, usual time taken by Ravi is 48 minutes.

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