With a uniform speed a car covers the distance in 8 hours. Had the speed been increased by 4 km/hr the same distance could have been covered in 712 hours. What is the distance covered ?
A
420 km
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B
480 km
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C
640 km
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D
None of these
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Solution
The correct option is B480 km Let the distance be x Km. Then, x712−x8=4 ∴2x15−x8=4 ∴x=480km.