If a person walks at 28 km/hr instead of 20 km/hr , he would have walked 30 km more . What is the actual distance travelled by him?45 km50 km75 km30 km40 km
Question
If a person walks at 28 km/hr instead of 20 km/hr, he would have walked 30 km more. What is the actual distance travelled by him?
- 45 km
- 50 km
- 75 km
- 30 km
- 40 km
Solution
Let's solve this step by step:
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First, let's denote the actual distance the person travelled as 'D' (in km), and the time it took as 'T' (in hours).
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From the problem, we know that the person usually walks at a speed of 20 km/hr. So, we can express the time 'T' it took him to travel the actual distance 'D' as T = D/20.
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The problem also tells us that if the person walked at a speed of 28 km/hr, he would have walked 30 km more. So, we can express this hypothetical distance as D + 30. The time it would take him to walk this distance at 28 km/hr would be (D + 30)/28.
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Since the time it takes to walk the actual distance at 20 km/hr and the time it takes to walk the hypothetical distance at 28 km/hr are the same, we can set the two expressions for 'T' equal to each other and solve for 'D':
D/20 = (D + 30)/28
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Multiplying both sides by 20*28 to get rid of the denominators gives us:
28D = 20D + 600
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Subtracting 20D from both sides gives us:
8D = 600
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Finally, dividing both sides by 8 gives us the actual distance 'D':
D = 600 / 8 = 75 km
So, the actual distance travelled by the person is 75 km.
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