Question

While covering distance of 30 km. Ajeet takes 2 hours more than Amit. If Ajeet doubles his speed, he would take 1 hour less than Amit. Find their speeds of walking.

Answer 1

Speed = distance/time

Let the speed of Ajeet be ‘a’ and speed of Amit be ‘b’.

Given, while covering distance of 30 km.

Ajeet takes 2 hours more than Amit .

If Ajeet doubles his speed, he would take 1 hour less than Amit .

Adding the two equations

⇒ 30/a - 15/a = 3

⇒ a = 5 km/hr

Thus,

30/5 – 30/b = 2

⇒ b = 7.5 km/hr