Mumbai and Ahmedabad are 500 km apart. Trains leave both at 8 a.m. towards each other at 60 km/h (from Mumbai) and 40 km/h. The Mumbai train halts for 1 hour at Vapi, 180 km out. At what time do they meet?

Question

Accepted Answer

1:36 p.m.. The Mumbai train reaches Vapi at 11 a.m. and waits till noon. By noon the other train has run 40×4=160 km, so the gap is 500-180-160=160 km, closed at 100 km/h in 1.6 h = 1 h 36 min → 1:36 p.m. (1 p.m. ignores the halt.)

Mumbai and Ahmedabad are 500 km apart. Trains leave both at 8 a.m. towards each other at 60 km/h (from Mumbai) and 40 km/h. The Mumbai train halts for 1 hour at Vapi, 180 km out. At what time do they meet?

Step-by-Step Solution

Master this topic in 30 minutes a day.

More Problems on Trains practice