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Tammy bikes the course of a race at 30 miles per hour, then returns home along the same route at 10 miles per hour. If the total time it takes her to travel the course and return home is 2 hours, and if the time spent turning around is negligible, what is the length, in miles, of the race course?

A) 15
B) 20
C) 25
D) 30
E) 35
\(2\frac{(10*30)}{(30+10)} = \frac{300}{20} = 15\), Answer will be (A)


Abhishek009 Sir, How are you arriving at this formula?
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Tammy bikes the course of a race at 30 miles per hour, then returns home along the same route at 10 miles per hour. If the total time it takes her to travel the course and return home is 2 hours, and if the time spent turning around is negligible, what is the length, in miles, of the race course?

A) 15
B) 20
C) 25
D) 30
E) 35
\(2\frac{(10*30)}{(30+10)} = \frac{300}{20} = 15\), Answer will be (A)


Abhishek009 Sir, How are you arriving at this formula?
No Sir, Please, I am just a fellow aspirant like U...

Its actually a shortcut formula

\(D = 2\frac{s_1s_2}{(s_1+s_2)}\)

Hope this resolves your query !!!
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The two distances are equal to each other in a round-trip question. We know the entire trip took 2 hours to complete, so we can assign t for time of trip one, and (2-t) for the second trip back home.

R x T = D

Trip 1: 30 x t = 30t
Trip 2: 10 x (2-t) = 20 - 2t

Distance trip 1 = Distance trip 2

30t = 20 - 2t
32t = 20
t = 20/32 = 5/8

Distance of race course: (plug t back into either distances)

30t = 30(5/8) —> 60/4 —> 15 miles

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­A ------------------- B

let distance btw A-B = D miles

from A-B 
S1=30mi/hr
Distance = D miles
T1=D/30

from B-A
S2=10mi/hr
Distance = D miles
T2=D/10

Total time = D/30+D/10
also given total time takes = 2 hrs

D/30+D/10=2
4D=60
D=15 miles
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