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Total distance = 60x
Time for return = x+1/2

Now the return route:

30x/25 = Time 1
30x+5/50 = Time 2

Total time here =x+1/2 therefore simply equate

30x/25 + 30x+5/50 = x+1/2

x = 1/2

Substitute back in total distance formula 60x = 30

But this is for the 1 side journey, while returning he completed 30+5 for steering to the new path = 35
Total = 30+35 = 65


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Arun drove from home to his hostel at 60 miles per hour. While returning home he drove half way along the same route at a speed of 25 miles per hour and then took a bypass road which increased his driving distance by 5 miles, but allowed him to drive at 50 miles per hour along this bypass road. If his return journey took 30 minutes more than his onward journey, then the total distance travelled by him is:

A. 55 miles
B. 60 miles
C. 65 miles
D. 70 miles
D. 76 miles
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