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In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay's speed is:

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Correct Answer: Option A
$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Let}}\,{\text{Abhay's}}\,{\text{speed}}\,{\text{be}}\,{\text{x}}\,{\text{km/hr}} \cr & {\text{Then}},\,\frac{{30}}{x} - \frac{{30}}{{2x}} = 3 \cr & \Rightarrow 6x = 30 \cr & \Rightarrow x = 5\,{\text{km/hr}} \cr} $$
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Vikalp Prakash
Vikalp Prakash 6 years ago
U need to imagine a point 0 from where he is taking 2hr more and taking 1 hour less so from -1 to +2 .Total unit 3
Priyanka
Priyanka 7 years ago
that expression is equal to 3
how it is taking that value??
Manasa Reddy
Manasa Reddy 9 years ago
Don't understand