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Home to park distance=D
dog speed Vd=D/30
plays till 9:50am
meet man 10:00am
covers VdX10=(D/30)X10=D/3
meetpoint=D/3 from park
Man 60 min walk
speed Vm=(2D/3)60=D/90
Rem distance to park=D/3 speed Vm
(D/3)/(D/90)=30minutes
10:00 AM+30 minutes
10:30 AM
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Let man’s speed = v
dog’s speed = d

9:00 o clock ->Man and dog start walking
9:30 o clock -> Dog reaches the park
=> Distance to park = dog’s speed × 30

9:30–9:50 => Dog plays (20 min)
9:50–10:00 -> Dog runs back (10 min)
10:00 -> Dog meets the man (given)
Using distances Dog total distance to park = 30d
Dog runs back 10d, so meeting point must be 30d − 10d = 20d from home
Man reaches the same point in 60 minutes 60v = 20d
=> d = 3v
Finish Remaining distance = 30d−20d=10d=30v
Time needed at man’s speed = 30 minutes
So 10 o clock + 30 mins should be 10:30.
Ans is D.
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At 9:00 AM, a man and his dog leave their home and walk along the same path toward a park. The man walks at a constant speed, while the dog runs at a faster constant speed. The dog reaches the park at 9:30 AM, spends 20 minutes playing with other dogs, and then runs back toward the man at its usual constant rate. They meet at 10:00 AM, and from there, both walk together at the man’s speed to the park. When will the man reach the park?

A. 10:10 AM
B. 10:15 AM
C. 10:20 AM
D. 10:30 AM
E. 10:40 AM

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The speed of man is 1/3 of the dog as he did not reach the park even at 10, and dog met him in between his path. Considering the speed and distance - he walked another 30 mins to reach the park, i.e 1h30 mins - 10.30
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Let Speed of Dog = d
Speed of Man = m

Let distance from home to park = Rd
The dog reaches the park in 30 minutes, so Rd = d*0.5 =d/2
[size=100]D=d×0.5(1)[/size]
From 9:30-9:50 AM, dog plays and then at 10 AM, he meets the man, so the dog covers 10/60 * d = d/6. So the distance between the man and the park at 10 AM (remaining distance) equals the distance the dog ran back.

Distance the man walks from 9-10 AM = m*1 = m

This is equal to distance from the park - remaining distance

m= d/2 - d/6 = 3d-d/6 = d/3

At 10AM:
Remaining distance = d/6
man's speed = d/3

Required Time = (d/6) / (d/3) = 1/2 hr

Therefore, man reaches the park at 10+1/2 hr = 10:30AM



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At 9:00 AM, a man and his dog leave their home and walk along the same path toward a park. The man walks at a constant speed, while the dog runs at a faster constant speed. The dog reaches the park at 9:30 AM, spends 20 minutes playing with other dogs, and then runs back toward the man at its usual constant rate. They meet at 10:00 AM, and from there, both walk together at the man’s speed to the park. When will the man reach the park?

A. 10:10 AM
B. 10:15 AM
C. 10:20 AM
D. 10:30 AM
E. 10:40 AM

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I really liked this one - because it promotes lateral thinking.

Forget the complex math. Forget the variables. Let's not find x today. X can find itself, if it has to.

And with that thought process, get into the question:

At 9am a man and his dog leaves how. The slower man and the faster dog. The dog has no interest in snailing it out with his pet-parent, and instead hurtles his/her way to the park, reaching there at 9.30am.

We, hence, know that the dog can cover the distance from the home to the park - whatever it is - in 30 minutes, at his regular constant running speed.

Now, the man's still ambling his way to the park. Doggo spends 20 minutes at the park, and spends 10 more minutes running back to catch his owner and join him, at his pace, for the walk back to the park.

The key lies in the 10 minutes. Remember how the dog took 30 minutes to reach the park, and has now travelled back 10 minutes? He's covered 1/3rd of the distance between the park and the home in this long. Which means, the man is 2/3rd of the distance from his home. And it's taken him an hour to do that.

So, how long will he need to complete the remaining 1/3rd? 30 minutes. 10.30am.

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At 9:00 AM, a man and his dog leave their home and walk along the same path toward a park. The man walks at a constant speed, while the dog runs at a faster constant speed. The dog reaches the park at 9:30 AM, spends 20 minutes playing with other dogs, and then runs back toward the man at its usual constant rate. They meet at 10:00 AM, and from there, both walk together at the man’s speed to the park. When will the man reach the park?

A. 10:10 AM
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C. 10:20 AM
D. 10:30 AM
E. 10:40 AM

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Both dog and man leave home
Let the distance between home and park be 'd'

speed of man = m
speed of dog = a

dogs speed (a) = d/0.5 = 2d
time spend by dog at park = 20 minutes
Then runs for 10 minutes. Distance covered = 2d * 1/6 = d/3

If the dog meets the man at 10 am at d/3 distance from the park. Hence the man has travelled d - d/3 = 2d/3.
The man covers this distance in 1 hours hence speed of man (m)= 2d/3

Distance to the park is d/3 at 10 AM.
Speed of man = 2d/3
Hence time taken = d/3 * 3/2d = 1/2 hour = 30 minutes

Hence, they both reach the park 30 minutes post 10 i.e. 10.30 AM

Option D

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At 9:00 AM, a man and his dog leave their home and walk along the same path toward a park. The man walks at a constant speed, while the dog runs at a faster constant speed. The dog reaches the park at 9:30 AM, spends 20 minutes playing with other dogs, and then runs back toward the man at its usual constant rate. They meet at 10:00 AM, and from there, both walk together at the man’s speed to the park. When will the man reach the park?

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D. 10:30 AM
E. 10:40 AM

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From the data of the text we get that:

Let X be the distance between the house and the park.

The man walked for 1 hour and reached the same point that the dog reached in 20 minutes, hence their speed ratios are 1:3. This means that the man will take exactly 3 times the dog to cover X, hence he will arrive at 10:30 AM

IMO D!
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Since the dog reaches the part at 9:30, her speed is \(d=s/30\), where S is the total distance.

Then, when they meet, it means that they covered the distance S together: the man from home, and the dog from the park. It took the man 60 minutes, and the dog 10 minutes (since it played till 9:50).

So, \(S=m*60+d*10=60m+\frac{s}{3}\)
=> \(s-\frac{s}{3}=60m=\frac{2s}{3}\), and \(m=\frac{s}{90}.\)

This means that the man needs 90 minutes to reach the park - and he will therefore arrive there at 10:30. The answer is D.
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Assume man's Speed as Vm and dog's speed as Vd and also distance between home and park as X
also assume when man and dog meet at 10Am then dog had travelled backward a distance
and meanwhile man has walked (X - a) distance from home

Now we have 1 equation from dog only
X = Vd(30)

2nd equation when dog run backward so a = Vd(10) since dog ran only 10 min backwars

3rd equation from man
X - a = Vm(60min)

so we are asked that at what time they both will reach park then
at 10 am both are together at some point so after than both will walk
a distance with Vm speed so we need to find after how much minute after 10 they will reach so

a = Vm (?)

so we need value of a/Vm which is in minutes

SO solving above 3 equation

we will get 2a = 60Vm
therefore a/Vm = 30min

so they will reach at 10:30 AM

Hence answer (D)
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