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Rate :Speed problem

by theachiever » Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:02 am
A bullet train leaves Kyoto for Tokyo travelling 240 miles per hour at 12 noon.10 mts later, a train leaves Tokyo for Kyoto travelling 160 miles per hour.If tokyo and kyoto are 300 miles apart at what time will trains pass each other?
  • A.12:40
    B.12:49
    C.12:55
    D.1:00
    E.1:05
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by puneetkhurana2000 » Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:48 am
Distance covered in 10 mins = 40 miles.

Remaining (260) will be covered in = 260/400 * 60 = 39 mins.

They meet at 10 + 39 = 49 mins after 12:00 = [spoiler]12:49[/spoiler].

Answer B.