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Time(t)=48 mins
Speed(s)= 3min per mile=1/3 mile per min

S=d/t
1/3=d/48
d=16 miles
In 48 mins the cyclist can travel 16 miles, which includes the distance back home
So the extra travel distance=(16-10)/2=3miles

Correct Answer: Option B
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Let the current be A, From Home to A distance is 10miles, from A to point C which is U turn Point is X, Time to reach home is 48 min.

Current speed is 3min per mile which is basically 1/3miles per min. So as per the formulae of speed

speed X time= Dist covered
1/3 Miles/Min * 48 min=2x+10 Miles
16miles=2x+10
x=3 miles

so additional distance travelled i.e From A to Point C is 3 Miles. Option B is correct
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At 10:00 p.m., a cyclist is 10 miles from home on a straight road. From that time on, the cyclist continues riding farther from home at a constant speed of 3 minutes per mile, then turns around and rides back toward home at the same speed along the same road. If the cyclist must arrive back home at 10:48 p.m., how many additional miles can the cyclist travel away from home after 10:00 p.m. before turning around?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 9
E. 12
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At 10:00 p.m., a cyclist is 10 miles from home on a straight road. From that time on, the cyclist continues riding farther from home at a constant speed of 3 minutes per mile, then turns around and rides back toward home at the same speed along the same road. If the cyclist must arrive back home at 10:48 p.m., how many additional miles can the cyclist travel away from home after 10:00 p.m. before turning around?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 9
E. 12
Given,
Cyclist takes 48mins in total to reach home.
Speed = 3mins/mile
Total cyclist need to cover 48/3 = 16miles

Already, cyclist is 10miles away from his home.

Therefore cyclist would only travle 6miles extra, now question asked how many miles cyclist will travelled before turn around so it would be 3 miles.

So, lets say cyclist stands at C point that is 10miles away from home then it will go 3 miles opposite, turnaround and then comes again at point C, total covering 6miles and then 10miles to reach home, in this way covering total 16miles.

Hence, option B 3 miles is the ans.
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1 mile = 3 mins. 10 miles in 30 mins (on way back).
Time for travel since 10 am = 48 mins.
Time remaining = 18 mins to cover distance from the 10th mile to the 10th mile back.
Distance = 18/3=6.
Distance on one side =3
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If the speed is 3mints per mile, and the person is 10miles away from home in the beginning, so he'll take 30mints to reach home.
Now when he travels away from home at 10:00 PM and is expected to reach home by 10:48 PM, he has an additional of 18mints.
With the speed mentioned above, he can travel more 6kms, i.e., 3kms far from the initial position of 10miles away from home and then 3kms back to the initial position.
So he can travel 3kms more away from home. Ans is "B".
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(2d+10)/48 = 1mile/3min

=> d = 3miles
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If the cyclist starts 10 miles from home, then goes some distance away and comes back full circle, then his road looks like that:

[HOME]_____10_________|_______x________||, where he goes from Red to Blue point, and then comes back from Blue to Red and to Home.

Therefore, the total journey \(S = 2x + 10.\)
Then, his speed is 3 minutes/mile, or, in conventional terms, \(v = 1/3\) miles/minute.
Finally, since the 'deadline' is 10:48, then his time \(t=48\) minutes.

As a result, our equation goes as follows: \(s = vt\)
\(2x+10 =\frac{ 1}{3 }* 48 = 16\)
\(2x = 16-10 = 6\)
\(x = 3\)

Hence, the answer is B.
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Let X be the additional miles the cyclist has to do before turning around:

Then he/she has to come back of another X + 10 miles, hence 10 +2X miles to be done at a constant speed of 1/3 miles/min to be completed in 48 min:

10+2X = 1/3*48 => 10 + 2x = 16 => x = 6/2 = 3 miles

IMO B
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At 10:00 p.m., a cyclist is 10 miles from home on a straight road. From that time on, the cyclist continues riding farther from home at a constant speed of 3 minutes per mile, then turns around and rides back toward home at the same speed along the same road. If the cyclist must arrive back home at 10:48 p.m., how many additional miles can the cyclist travel away from home after 10:00 p.m. before turning around?

Total time the cyclist have to go and come back = 48 minutes
Speed = 1/3 mile per minute
Let, additional distance traveled away from home = x miles
Time taken to Riding far from home= 3x .....(1)
Distance back home after turning around= 10+x miles
Time to return back after turning = 3(10+x) = 30+3x.....(2)

Total time taken= 48 mins
3x+30+3x=48
6x=48-30=18
x=3 miles
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Time to travel 1 mile= 3 minutes
To travel 10 miles (no additional step)= 30 min

Remaining time= 48-30= 18 minutes
Miles= 18/3= 6 miles additional travel.
Let he be at Point A now, additional travel = A to B
so, this 6 miles means he travels from A to B and returns back to A so distance AB= 3 miles.

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At 10:00 p.m., a cyclist is 10 miles from home on a straight road. From that time on, the cyclist continues riding farther from home at a constant speed of 3 minutes per mile, then turns around and rides back toward home at the same speed along the same road. If the cyclist must arrive back home at 10:48 p.m., how many additional miles can the cyclist travel away from home after 10:00 p.m. before turning around?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 9
E. 12

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Let's say Home is at point H
Starting point at P
Returning point at R

P to H = 10 miles ==> time required at 3mins/mile = 30 mins
P to R and R to P = x miles
time required for round trip for P-R-P = 3*2x

total time for the journey, P-R-P-H = 48 mins
this means, time (PRP) + time (PH) = 6x+ 30 = 48
==> x=3
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Distance after 10 Miles - x + x + 10
Available time = 48 minutes
Time = 3(x)+3(x)+3(10)=48
6x+30=48
X=3
Answer : 3
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Gosh I am late to the answer but here we go!
Firstly, lets think about what is given, we have Home, then cyclist at 10 miles apart.
The first twist is 3 minutes/mile, which if solved properly to a speed fraction, would simplify the question.
If it takes 3 minutes to complete 1 mile, then to complete 1 mile, it would take 3 minutes.
Now to find distance covered per minute, simple ratio proportion, and it would be 1/3, which equates to 1/3 miles/minute.
Next up, lets find how much time it would take to complete 10 miles, which is something fixed and the cyclist has to do regardless.
Time = Distance / Speed , = 10/(1/3) = 30 minutes.
Now we only have 18 minutes left, and thinking about how ideally the cyclist is travelling at constant speed, you can half the time, as you need to know how far can the person go one way, as he needs to cover the same distance back.
So in nine minutes, with speed as 1/3, total distance that he can go = 3
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The question told us that the biker can bike 3 min per mile. Keep that in mind.

The biker starts from 10:00 and must get home at 10:48, thus the total distance that they can bike for is:
\(\\
\\
\frac{48 }{ 3 }= 16\\
\)

And the biker is 10 miles away from their home, so the total extra distance they can travel is \(16 - 10 = 6 \)

However, because the biker has to turn around, we need to divide this by 2, which will get us \(\frac{6 }{ 2} = 3\). Thus, the answer is B. 3 miles
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At 10:00 p.m., a cyclist is 10 miles from home on a straight road. From that time on, the cyclist continues riding farther from home at a constant speed of 3 minutes per mile, then turns around and rides back toward home at the same speed along the same road. If the cyclist must arrive back home at 10:48 p.m., how many additional miles can the cyclist travel away from home after 10:00 p.m. before turning around?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 9
E. 12

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Assume the cyclist travels x miles away from home, from the 10 mile mark. Now, the cyclist has to retrace his steps by cycle the same way back and then travel 10 more miles home, all in 48 minutes.

So, the DISTANCE the cyclist needs to travel is (x + x +10) miles.
Time = 48 Minutes
Speed is 1 Mile/3 mins


so, (1 Mile/3 Min) = (10 +2x) Miles/ 48 Minutes

Simplifying - x = 3 miles.

Option B
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I think the answer is B because time take from point A to Home is 10(dist) * 3(speed) = 30 mins remaining 18 mins is the extra time taken therefore 18/3 = 6 miles thats is 3 miles away and 3 miles to return to point A
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What we know is that,
The cyclist is 10 miles from home at 10PM and cycling at a speed of a mile per 3 minutes in both ways of her journey. It is also given that she has to reach home by 10:48PM

=> The total distance she can cover between 10 to 10:48 PM = 48 / 3 = 16 miles
Now,
let the distance travelled away from home after 10pm = x
=> distance from home at turnaround = 10 + x
=> Total distance travelled after 10pm = x + 10 + x = 10 + 2x = 16 miles
=> x = 3 miles

B. 3 miles
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