A man covers a certain distance on a toy train. Had the train moved 4 km/hr faster, it would have taken 30 minutes less. If it moved 2 km/hr slower, it would taken 20 minutes more. Find the distance.
Machine A, working alone at its constant rate, produces x pounds of peanut butter in 12 minutes. Machine B, working alone at its constant rate, produces x pounds of peanut butter in 18 minutes. How many minutes will it take machines A and B, working simultaneously at their respective constant rates, to produce x pounds of peanut butter?
Tow trains running at the rate of 75km and 60km an hour respectively on parallel rails in opposites directions, are to pass each other in 8 seconds and when they are running in the same direction at the same rates as before, a person sitting in the faster train observes that he passes the other in 3312 seconds. Find the lengths of the trains.
pot contains 81 litres of pure milk 13 of liters of the milk is replaced by the same amount of water. Again 13 of the mixture is replaced by that amount of water. Find the ratio of milk and water in the new mixture.
A train 400 meter long overtook a man walking along the line in the same direction at a speed of 5 km/hr and passed him in 40 seconds. The train reached the station in 20 minutes after it had passed the man. In what time did the man reach the station?