Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Time and Distance · Exam: · Marks: · Difficulty:
A goods train leaves a station at a certain time and at a fixed speed. After 6 hours, an express train leaves the same station and moves in the same direction at a uniform speed of 90 kmph. This train catches up the goods train in 4 hours. Find the speed of the goods train.
Answer
Answer (as printed):
Explanation
Let the speed of the goods train be x kmph. Distance covered by goods train in 10 hours = Distance covered by express train in 4 hours ∴ 10x = 4 × 90 or x = 36. So, speed of goods train = 36 kmph.
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.