Problema Solution

a bicycle rider covers his onward journey from A to B at 10km/hr and during the return journey from B to A he covers the same distance at 8km/hr.if he finishes the onward and returnjourney in 4 hours,then the total distance covered by him during the entire journey wil be?

Answer provided by our tutors

Let the total distance one way be x.

So, x/10 + x/8 = 4.

(4x+5x)/40 = 4.

9x/40 = 4.

9x = 160.

x = 160/9 = 17.78.

So, the total distace covered will be 2x = 35.56 km.