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A train 270 m long is moving at a speed of 24 kmph. It will cross a man coming from the opposite direction at a speed of 3 kmph, in

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A train 110 m long passes a man, running at 6 kmph in the direction opposite to that of the train, in 6 seconds. The speed of the train is

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train 108 m long moving at a speed of 50 km/hr crosses a train 112 m long coming from opposite direction in 6 seconds. The speed of the second train is

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Two trains travel in opposite directions at 36 kmph and 45 kmph and a man sitting in slower train passes the fasten train in 8 seconds. The length of the faster train is

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A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the same direction in which the train is going, at the rate of 2 kmph and 4 kmph and passes them completely in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. The length of the train is

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A train X starts from A at 4 P.M. and reaches B at 5 P.M. while another train Y starts from B at 4 P.M. and reaches A, at 5.30 PM. The two trains will cross each other at

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Two trains are running in opposite directions towards each other with speeds of 54 kmph and 48 kmph respectively. If the length of one train is 250 m and they cross each other in 18 seconds, the length of the other train is

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A train traveling at 48 kmph completely crosses another train having half its length and traveling in opposite direction at 42 kmph, in 12 seconds. It also passes a railway platform in 45 seconds. The length of the platform is

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A train of length 150 m takes 10 seconds to pass over another train 100 m long coming from the opposite direction. If the speed of the first train be 30 kmph, the speed of the second train is

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A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km/hr the time taken by it to cover the same distance will be

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A train 280 m long is moving at 60kmph. The time taken by the train to cross a tunnel 220 m long is

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A train traveling at a speed of 90kmph crosses a pole in 10 seconds. The length of the train is

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A train 700 m long is running at 72kmph. If it crosses a tunnel in I minute, the length of the length of the tunnel is

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If a 200 m long train crosses a platform of the same length as that of the train in 20 seconds, then the speed of the train is

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A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the same direction in which the train is going, at the rate of 2 kmph and 4 kmph and passes them completely in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. The length of the train is

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A train 150 m long is running at a speed of 90kmph. Time taken by the train to cross a tree is

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A train is moving at speed of 132kmph. If the length of the train is 110 meters, how long will it take to cross a railway platform 165 m long?

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A train 360 m long is running at a speed of 45 km/hr. In what time will it pass a bridge 140 m long?

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An express train traveled at an average speed of 100 km/hr, stopping for 3 minutes after every 75 km.. How long did it take to reach its destination 600 km from the starting point?

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A train of length 150 m long takes 40.5 seconds to cross a tunnel of length 300 m the speed of the train(in km/hr) is

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A train speeds past a pole in 15 seconds and a platform 100 m long in 25 seconds. Its length is

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If a train 110 m long passes a telegraph pole in 3 seconds, then the time taken by it to cross a railway platform 165 m long is

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A train 150 m long moving at a speed of 35 meters per second overtakes a man moving at 5 meters/sec in opposite direction. The train will pass the man in

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Two trains 126 m and 114 m long are running in opposite directions, one at the rate of 30kmph and another one at 42kmph. From the moment they meet will cross each other in

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A train 280m long, running with a speed of 63kmhr will pass a pole in

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In what time will a train 100 meres long cross an electric pole, if its speed is 144 km/hr

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The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400 kms in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is

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A goods train runs at the speed of 72 km/hr and crosses a 250 m long platform in 26 seconds. What is the length of the goods train?

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A train passes a station platform in 36 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, what is the length of the platform?

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Two trains of equal lengths take 10 seconds and 15 seconds respectively to cross a telegraph post. If the length of each train be 120 metres, in what time (in seconds) will they cross each other travelling in opposite direction?

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Two trains are running in opposite directions with the same speed. If the length of each train is 120 metres and they cross each other in 12 seconds, then the speed of each train (in km/hr) is:

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Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed of 60 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time (in seconds) which they take to cross each other, is:

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A 270 metres long train running at the speed of 120 kmph crosses another train running in opposite direction at the speed of 80 kmph in 9 seconds. What is the length of the other train?

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Two trains are moving in opposite directions at 60 km/hr and 90 km/hr. Their lengths are 1.10 km and 0.9 km respectively. The time taken by the slower train to cross the faster train in seconds is

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A train passes a station platform in 36 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, what is the length of the platform?

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A train 220 m long is running with a speed of 59 kmph. In what time will it pass a man who is running at 7 kmph in the direction opposite to that in which the train is going?

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A man sitting in a train which is traveling at 50 kmph observes that a goods train, traveling in opposite direction, takes 9 seconds to pass him. If the goods train is 280 m long, find its speed.?

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A train is moving at a speed of 132 km/hr. If the length of the train is 110 metres, how long will it take to cross a railway platform 165 metres long?

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A train 150 m long is running at a speed of 68 kmph. How long does it take to pass a man who is running at 8 kmph in the same direction as the train?

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A car travelling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. Find the actual speed of the car.

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The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400 kms in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is:

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In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight is

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A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is:

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A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is

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It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the cars is:

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

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A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is:

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A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.

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If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by him is

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A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?

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