Aggarwal Special Class-08

1. During a journey Mr. Kalam drove ‘x’ hours at a constant rate of ‘y’ miles per hour. How
many miles did he go during the final 15 minutes of his drive?
(A) 15y (B) xy / 4 (C) 4xy (D) y / 4 (E) None of these
2. If Arif walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr for a certain time, he would have walked 20
km more If Arif walks at a speed of 10 Km/hr, the distance travelled by him within that time
is –
(A) 50 (B) 55 (C) 60 (D) 65 (E) None of these
3. On a certain day X drives his car from his home at the rate of 20 Km/hr and reaches his
office 10 minutes late The next day, he drives at 30 Km/hr and reaches his office 5 minutes
early. Calculate the distance between X’s home and office in Km.
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 17.5 (E) none of these
4. Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at
10 kmph, he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he
travel to reach A at 1 P.M.?
(A) 8 kmph (B) 11 kmph (C) 12 kmph (D) 14 kmph (E) none of these
5. A car traveling at a certain constant speed takes 2 seconds longer to travel 1 kilometer than
it would take to travel 1 kilometer at 75 kilometers per hour. At what speed, in kilometers
per hour, is the car traveling?
(A) 71.5 (B) 72 (C) 72.5 (D) 73 (E) 73.5
6. On a track for remote-controlled racing cars, racing car A completes the track in 55
seconds, while racing car B completes it in 35 seconds. If they both start at the same time,
after how many seconds will they be side by side again?
(A) 275 (B) 325 (C) 385 (D) 425 (E) none of these
7. On a trip of 200 miles, a man travels at the rate of 40 miles per hour for the first 100 miles.
For the rest of the trip, he travels at the rate of 50 miles per hour. What is his average speed,
in miles per hour, for the total trip?
400 200
(A) (B) (C) 90 (D) 50 (E) None of these
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8. During a trip, Faruk traveled x percent of the total distance at an average speed of 40 miles
per hour and the rest of the distance at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. In terms of x,
what was Faruk’s average speed for the entire trip?
180  x x  60 300  x 600 12,000
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 4 5 115  x x  200
9. A car traveled 75% of the way from town A to town B at an average speed of 50 mph. The
car travels at an average speed of S mph for the remaining part of the trip. The average
speed for the entire trip was 40 mph. What is S?
(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 30 (E) 37.5
10. A cyclist raced from point A to B at an average speed of 20 miles per hour and returned
from B to A following the same path at an average speed of 24 miles per hour. If the entire
trip took exactly 11 hours to complete non-stop, how many miles is the distance from A to
B?
(A) 88.88 (B) 120 (C) 166.33 (D) 176 (E) none of these
11. A police man spots a mugger from a distance of 200 meters. As the police man starts chasing
the mugger, the mugger also starts running. Given that the speed of the mugger is 10 km/h
and that of the police man is 12 km/h, how far would have the mugger run before he is
caught?
(A) 3 km (B) 4 km (C) 2 km (D) 1 km (E) None of these
12. Two cars start out from the same town at the same time and travel in opposite direction on
a straight road If one car travels at a rate of 50 mph and the other car travels at a rate of 60
mph, in how many hours will they be 495 miles apart?
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(A) 6 hrs (B) 5 hrs (C) 4 hrs (D) 3 hrs (E) 2 hrs
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13. A motorist travels 90 miles at the rate of 20 mph. At what speed must the return trip be if he
80
wishes to average mph for the entire trip?
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65 130
(A) 20 mph (B) mph (C) 40 mph (D) 30 mph (E) mph
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14. Gloria leaves home for school riding her bicycle at a rate of 12mph. Twenty minutes after
she leaves, her mother sees Gloria’s English paper on her bed and leaves to bring it to her. If
her mother drives at 36 mph, how far must she drive before she reaches Gloria?
(A) 12 miles (B) 10 miles (C) 8 miles (D) 6 miles (E) 4 miles
15. An executive drove from home at an average speed of 30 mph to an airport where a
helicopter was waiting. The executive boarded the helicopter and flew to the corporate
office at an average speed of 60 mph. the entire distance was 150 miles; the entire trip took
three hours. What is the distance from the airport to the corporate office?
(A) 90 miles (B) 100 miles (C) 120 miles (D) 140 miles (E) None of these
16. A man traveled one-fourth of the total distance of his trip by car. He traveled the remaining
distance on foot. The ratio of his walking time to driving time was 15:1. Calculate the ratio
of his driving speed to his walking speed
(A) 4:1 (B) 5:1 (C) 15:4 (D) 15:1 (E) none of these