The time taken by a person to cover 150 km was 2.5 hrs more than the time taken in the return journey. If he returned at a speed of 10 km/hr

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asked Feb 17, 2018 in Mathematics by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 379 1012

The time taken by a person to cover 150 km was 2.5 hrs more than the time taken in the return journey. If he returned at a speed of 10 km/hr more than the speed of going, what was the speed per hour in each direction?

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answered Feb 17, 2018 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 21
 
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Let the going speed of the person be x km/hr
Given that, the return speed is 10 km/hr more than the going speed

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