Time & Work Set 2


Q1. Buses depart from a bus terminal at an interval of 8 minutes. A man walking towards the bus terminal meets the buses at an interval of 7 minutes. If the speed of the man is 6 km/h, find the speed of the buses. āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ› āϟāĻžā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāύ⧇āϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ 8 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ› āĻ“āϞāĻžāχ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϜāύ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻš āĻŦāĻžāĻ› āϟāĻžā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāύ⧇āϞ⧰ āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ—ā§ˆ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻŦā§‹ā§°āĻ• āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ 7 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰⧇ āϞāĻ— āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšāϜāύ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ 6 km/h āĻšāϞ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


Options: (a) 36 km/h  (b) 39 km/h  (c) 42 km/h  (d) 49 km/h


āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ / Soln


Given:



  • Interval between buses = 8 minutes : āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧰ āφāϏāϞ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϞ = 8 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ 

  • Interval at which man meets buses = 7 minutes : āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ› āϞāĻ— āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϞ = 7 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ

  • Speed of man = 6 km/h : āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋ = 6 km/h

  • Let speed of bus = v km/h : āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ = v km/h


When a man moves towards the buses, relative speed increases. Relative speed = (Speed of bus + Speed of man),


āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšāϜāύ āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧰ āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ—ā§ˆ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ Relative speed = āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ + āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋ


Formula : Actual interval / Observed interval = Relative speed / Bus speed


8/7 = v + 6/v





Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ : āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ = 42 km/h


Short Trick


Bus speed = (Man speed × Actual interval) ÷ (Actual interval - Observed interval)  (Intervals must be in hours)



= (6 × 8/60) ÷ 1/60 = 42 km/h


Q2. Two rifles are fired from the same place at an interval of 11 min 45 sec. A man coming towards that place in a train hears the second sound after 11 minutes. If the speed of sound = 330 m/s, find the speed of the train. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ : āĻāϟāĻž āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ āĻžāχ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž ā§°āĻžāχāĻĢāϞ 11 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ 45 āϛ⧇āϕ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰⧇ āϗ⧁āϞ⧀ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϜāύ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻš āĻŸā§ā§°ā§‡āχāύāϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ āĻžāχ⧰ āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āφāĻšāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋āϤ⧇ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸā§‹ 11 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻ›āϤ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋ 330 m/s āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŸā§ā§°ā§‡āχāύ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ?


Options: (a) 72 km/h  (b) 75 km/h  (c) 78 km/h  (d) 81 km/h


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇



  • Actual time gap (āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰) : 11 min 45 sec =705 sec

  • Time gap heard by man (āĻļ⧁āύāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰) : 11 min =660 sec

  • Speed of sound (āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋ) = 330 m/s

  • Speed of train = v m/s


When a man moves towards the source, the heard time interval becomes smaller due to relative speed. āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšāϜāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ⧰ āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āφāĻšāĻŋ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇, relative speed = āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋ + āĻŸā§ā§°ā§‡āχāύ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°


Actual interval / Heard interval = Speed of sound / Speed of sound + Speed of train


                                                       = 705 / 660 = 330 / 330 + v


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž


       705(330 + v) = 660 × 330


       232650 + 705v = 217800


      705v = 14850


      v = 21.05 m/s 


Convert to km/h / km/h āϞ⧈ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰ : 21.05 × 18/5 ​75 km/h


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ : Speed of train = (b) 75 km/h , āĻŸā§ā§°ā§‡āχāύ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ = (b) 75 km/h


Short Trick :


Train speed = Speed of sound (Actual time - Heard time / Heard time)


 = 330 × 705 - 660 / 660 = 22.5 m/s ≈ 75 km/h 


Q3. Buses start from a bus terminal at an interval of 10 minutesA man going away from the bus terminal meets the buses every 12 minutes. If the speed of the man is 5 km/h, find the speed of the buses. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ : āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ› āϟāĻžā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāύ⧇āϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ 10 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ› āĻ“āϞāĻžāχ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϜāύ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻš āĻŦāĻžāĻ› āϟāĻžā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāύ⧇āϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĻā§‚ā§°āϤ āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ—ā§ˆ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋āϤ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ 12 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ› āϞāĻ— āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšāϜāύ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ 5 km/h āĻšāϞ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


Options: (a) 25 km/h  (b) 30 km/h  (c) 36 km/h  (d) 40 km/h


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇



  • Actual bus interval (āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϞ) = 10 min

  • Interval when man meets buses (āϞāĻ— āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϞ) = 12 min

  • Speed of man (āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋ) = 5 km/h

  • Speed of bus = v km/h


Man is going away from the bus terminal, so: Relative speed = Bus speed − Man speed


āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšāϜāύ āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĻā§‚ā§°āϤ āĻ—ā§ˆ āφāϛ⧇, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇, Relative speed = āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ − āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋ


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§° : Actual interval / Observed interval = Bus speed - Man speed / Bus speed 



Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž







Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Speed of buses = 30 km/h, āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ = 30 km/h


Memory Tip:



  • Towards bus - interval decreases

  • Away from bus - interval increases


Q4. Two bullets are fired from the same place at an interval of 14 minutesA man sitting in a train going away from the place hears the second sound after 15 minutesIf the speed of the train = 22 m/s, find the speed of sound. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ āĻžāχ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϗ⧁āϞ⧀ 14 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰⧇ āϚāĻ˛ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāϜāύ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻš āϏ⧇āχ āĻ āĻžāχ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĻā§‚ā§°āϤ āĻ—ā§ˆ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻŸā§ā§°ā§‡āχāύāϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸā§‹ 15 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻ›āϤ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŸā§ā§°ā§‡āχāύ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ 22 m/s āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


Options: (a) 300 m/s  (b) 315 m/s  (c) 320 m/s  (d) 330 m/s


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇



  • Actual time interval (āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰) = 14 min

  • Heard time interval (āĻļ⧁āύāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰) = 15 min

  • Speed of train (āĻŸā§ā§°ā§‡āχāύ⧰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ) = 22 m/s

  • Speed of sound = v m/s


Man is moving away from the source, so the heard interval increases. āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšāϜāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĻā§‚ā§°āϤ āĻ—ā§ˆ āφāϛ⧇, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ Relative speed = Speed of sound − Speed of train.


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°


Actual interval / Heard interval = Speed of sound - Speed of train / Speed of sound   


14 / 15 = v - 22 / v


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž





Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ : Speed of sound = 330 m/s, āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋ = 330 m/s


Short Trick :


When man goes away from sound source:


Apply values / āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāϏāĻžāĻ“āρ:



Tip / āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦ : i. Towards source - time decreases // ii. Away from source - time increases // iii. Bullet / sound problems = relative speed concept