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Question

In covering a distance of 144 km, Pranshu takes 3 hours more than Chandu. If Pranshu doubles his speed, then he would take 5 hours less than Chandu. Pranshu's speed is:

The correct answer is

9 km/h

Using time = distance ÷ speed formulas and equations, Pranshu's speed is found to be 9 km/h.

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Important Questions from Speed Time and Distance

  1. A journey of 900 km is completed in 11 h. If two-fifth of the journey is completed at the speed of 60 km/h, at what speed (in km/h) is the remaining journey completed?

  2. A car starts from point A towards point B, travelling at the speed of 20 km/h. 1 \(\frac{1}{2}\) hours later, another car starts from point A and travelling at the speed of 30 km/h and reaches 2 \(\frac{1}{2}\) hours before the first car. Find the distance between A and B.

  3. A bus covered a distance of 162 km. If speed of this bus is 15 m/s, then what will be the time taken ?

  4. An athlete runs an 800 m race in 96 seconds. His speed (in km / h) is:

  5. A person has to cover a distance of 150 km in 15 hours. If he traveled with the speed of 11.8 km/hr for 10 hours. At what speed he has to travel to cover the remaining distance in the remaining time?

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