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# Help with time and distance questions please!!

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1. Bob enters a lift on the 21st floor, which is going up @ 57 floors/min. At the same time Jane enters another lift on the 61st floor which is going down at 63 floors/min. At what floor will they be together?
2. Train A can travel from X to Y, a distance of 100 miles, in 3hrs while train B can travel the same distance in 5hrs. If A starts from X to Y at the same time as B starts from Y to X, then at what distance from X will they meet?

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02 May 2013, 09:40
q1. bob and jane have a combined speed of 120 floors per min ... 2 floors per sec.
total floor diff = 61 - 21 = 40.
total time = 40floors / 2 fl per sec= 20 secs = one third of a minute.
in that time bob goes up 57/3 = 19 floors.
so they meet on floor 40.
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q2. ratio of speeds is 5:3.
so distance will be 5/8 of 100 miles = 62.5 miles from X.
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1. Bob enters a lift on the 21st floor, which is going up @ 57 floors/min. At the same time Jane enters another lift on the 61st floor which is going down at 63 floors/min. At what floor will they be together?
2. Train A can travel from X to Y, a distance of 100 miles, in 3hrs while train B can travel the same distance in 5hrs. If A starts from X to Y at the same time as B starts from Y to X, then at what distance from X will they meet?

1) The distance between Bob and Jane is 40 Floors.

The rate at which they are travelling towards each other is 57 + 63 (Since they are travelling towards each other, I am adding up their rates) = 120 floors/min

Time taken = $$\frac{40}{120}$$ = $$\frac{1}{3}$$ mins

So at 120 floors/min, they will cover the 40 floors in a third of a min.

In a third of a min, Bob would have travelled $$\frac{57}{3}$$ = 19 Floors

So, the floor at which they would meet is 21+19 = 40th Floor

2) The distance between X and Y is 100 miles.

The rate at which they are travelling towards each other is $$\frac{100}{3}$$ + $$\frac{100}{5}$$ (Since they are travelling towards each other, I am adding up their rates) = $$\frac{800}{15}$$ miles/hour

Time taken = $$\frac{100}{800/15}$$ = $$\frac{15}{8}$$ hours

So at $$\frac{800}{15}$$ miles/hour, they will cover the 100 miles in $$\frac{15}{8}$$ hours

In $$\frac{15}{8}$$ hours, A would have travelled $$\frac{100}{3}$$*$$\frac{15}{8}$$ = 62.5 miles from X
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1. Bob enters a lift on the 21st floor, which is going up @ 57 floors/min. At the same time Jane enters
another lift on the 61st floor which is going down at 63 floors/min. At what floor will they be together?

Bob and Jane will cover 61 - 21 = 40 floors.
They are moving in opposite directions.So we need to add up their speed to find their relative speed.

They cover 57 + 63 = 120 floors/min.So, they will take 40/120 = 1/3 min.
Now,we need to calculate no of floors anyone has covered in that period.
Bob covers 57/3 = 19 floors.
Hence they will meet at floor = 21+19 = 40.

2. Train A can travel from X to Y, a distance of 100 miles, in 3hrs while train B can travel the same distance
in 5hrs. If A starts from X to Y at the same time as B starts from Y to X, then at what distance from X will they meet?

We'll apply the same logic as above.

Speed of A = 100/3 miles/hr.
Speed of B = 100/5 = 20 miles/hr.

Relative speed of A and B = 20 + 100/3 = 160/3 miles/hr.
Time taken to cover up the distance = (100 * 3 )/160 = 300/160 hrs.
So,the required distance from X = distance travelled by A = 100/3 * 300/160 = 62.5 miles.

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02 May 2013, 12:20
aishu4 wrote:
1. Bob enters a lift on the 21st floor, which is going up @ 57 floors/min. At the same time Jane enters another lift on the 61st floor which is going down at 63 floors/min. At what floor will they be together?

Distance between the two = 61-21 = 40
Speed = 57+63 = 120 / min (As both are coming towards each other) = 120 / 60 sec = 2 / sec

Therefore, time taken = 40/2 = 20 sec = 20/60min = 1/3 min

So, In 1/3 min, bob will be at 21 + (57/3) = 40th floor
same for Jane, 61 - (63/3) = 40th floor
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03 May 2013, 00:17
Thank you so much, guys!!!
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