{"id":7177,"date":"2023-01-27T21:49:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T15:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=7177"},"modified":"2023-01-27T21:54:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T15:54:32","slug":"two-boys-a-and-b-start-at-the-same-time-to-ride-from-delhi-to-meerut-60-km-away-12-km-from-meerut-as-rate-was","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/two-boys-a-and-b-start-at-the-same-time-to-ride-from-delhi-to-meerut-60-km-away-12-km-from-meerut-as-rate-was\/","title":{"rendered":"Two boys A and B start at the same time to ride from Delhi to Meerut, 60 km away &#8230; 12 km from Meerut. A&#8217;s rate was?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two boys A and B start at the same time to ride from Delhi to Meerut, 60 km away. A travels 4 km an hour slower than B, B reaches Meerut and at once turns back meeting A, 12 km from Meerut. A&#8217;s rate was?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1158,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1424],"subject":[10],"class_list":["post-7177","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-time-and-distance-math","subject-mathematical-problems"],"mcq_note":"Let A's speed = x km\/hr.\r\n\r\nThen, B's speed = (x + 4) km\u00f7hr.\r\n\r\nClearly, the time taken by B to cover (60 + 12) i.e., 72 km\r\n\r\n= time taken by A to cover (60 - 12) i.e. 48 km.\r\n\r\n\u2234 {72 \u00f7 (x+4)} = (48 \u00f7 x)\r\n\r\n\u21d2 72x = 48x + 192\r\n\r\n\u21d2 24x = 192\r\n\r\n\u21d2 x = 8.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hence A's speed = 8 km\/hr.<\/strong>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"4 km\/hr"},{"right":"yes","answer":"8 km\/hr"},{"right":"no","answer":"12 km\/hr"},{"right":"no","answer":"16 km\/hr"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":10,"title":"Mathematical Problems","slug":"mathematical-problems"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":1424,"title":"Time and Distance Math","slug":"time-and-distance-math"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/7177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=7177"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=7177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}