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Explore 69 free Speed Distance questions in XAT Quantitative Aptitude. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

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True or false: comparing two journeysRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: compare two speeds on one routeRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reason: journeysRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the three-way relationshipRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every statement that follows from a fixed routeRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: change and consequenceRead the answer and worked solution →For a fixed distance, if the speed is increased then the time taken:Read the answer and worked solution →A journey takes 120 km at a steady 60 km per hour. The time taken is:Read the answer and worked solution →Zaheeda doubles her speed on the same route. The time she takes:Read the answer and worked solution →A car covers 300 km at 50 km per hour. At 75 km per hour the same trip would take:Read the answer and worked solution →A train 150 m long runs at 54 km per hour. The time it takes to pass a pole is:Read the answer and worked solution →A train 200 m long crosses a 100 m platform at 36 km per hour. It takes:Read the answer and worked solution →A man travels equal distances at 40 km per hour and at 60 km per hour. His average speed is:Read the answer and worked solution →A man covers a distance in 6 hours at 40 km per hour. To cover it in 4 hours he must travel at:Read the answer and worked solution →A car uses 4 litres of petrol for 60 km. Its mileage in km per litre is:Read the answer and worked solution →In uniform motion problems, distance is found by multiplying rate by:Read the answer and worked solution →A car goes 70 miles per hour for 3 hours. The distance covered is:Read the answer and worked solution →For the distance formula, 90 minutes must be written as:Read the answer and worked solution →An express train takes 4 hours and a local train 5 hours for the same trip, the express being 12 mph faster. The local train's speed is:Read the answer and worked solution →With the local train at 48 mph and the express 12 mph faster, the express train runs at:Read the answer and worked solution →Because both trains leave Pittsburgh for Washington, the equation comes from the fact that they travel the:Read the answer and worked solution →If the parents drove at 40 mph and Christopher was 10 mph faster, his speed was:Read the answer and worked solution →When two people drive toward each other, the equation is that their distances:Read the answer and worked solution →For trucks travelling in opposite directions, the distances travelled must:Read the answer and worked solution →If the rate is in miles per hour, the time in the distance formula must be in:Read the answer and worked solution →Katie Mae walks to school in 30 minutes and bikes it in 15 minutes. In hours these times are:Read the answer and worked solution →If Katie Mae walks at 3 mph and bikes 3 mph faster, her biking speed is:Read the answer and worked solution →Hamilton left home at 2:00 pm and entered the desert at 4:30 pm, so he drove in the city for:Read the answer and worked solution →

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True or false: comparing two journeys

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Two vehicles on the same route cover the same distance.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The faster of them takes less time.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Their speeds multiplied by their times are equal.
  4. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    The faster one takes more time.
  5. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Speed and time can both rise on a fixed route.
Both journeys share whatever is being held fixed. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 11 Direct and Inverse Proportions.

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Order the steps: compare two speeds on one route

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Steps
  1. Note that both journeys cover the same distance
  2. Multiply the first speed by the first time
  3. Set that equal to the second speed times the unknown time
  4. Solve for the unknown time
  5. Check the faster journey came out shorter
Treat it as an inverse proportion between the two journeys. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 11 Direct and Inverse Proportions.

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Assertion and reason: journeys

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Questions
  1. Reason
    The route is fixed, so speed and time vary inversely.
    Verdict
    Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.
    Assertion
    Cycling instead of walking cuts the time to school.
  2. Reason
    At uniform speed, distance is directly proportional to time.
    Verdict
    Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.
    Assertion
    Two hours at uniform speed covers twice the ground of one hour.
  3. Reason
    Speed multiplied by time gives distance.
    Verdict
    The assertion is false and the reason is true.
    Assertion
    Raising the speed on a fixed route raises the distance.
The reason must genuinely explain the assertion. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 11 Direct and Inverse Proportions.

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