A journey of d km is covered partly by train and then by bus. The train is 20% faster than the bus. The normal travelling time of the bus and the train are in the ratio 3 : 2. If the train was used for the time which normally would be the time travelled by bus, then the combined journey would be reduced by 24 minutes. What will be the reduction in total journey time (in hr) if the speed of both the bus and the train is doubled?
A trader bought 84 watches at a uniform price. He sold 48 of them as a lot and gained 12½%. He sold the remaining 36 watches as a second lot at a profit of 25%. If he sold the entire lot at a profit of 20%, he would have received Rs.1890 more as sale money. What is the price (per watch) at which he bought the watches?
The volumes of two vessels, which are filled up to the brim by milk of different prices, are 220 L and 180 L. An equal amount of milk is taken out from each of the two vessels, and the milk taken out from the first vessel is poured into the second vessel while the milk taken out from the second vessel is poured into the first vessel. If the price per liter of milk in both the vessels becomes the same eventually, find the volume of milk taken out from each of the two vessels.
The CP of 36 books= SP of 25 books. The SP of 1 book= Total discount on 4 books. If the markup on a book is halved and the discount% is same. Find the profit %
A man coming by train is expected to arrive at 11 am . This man informs the time to his driver to pick him up . Driver decided to move at a uniform speed . The train reached 2 hours early . The man didn't inform his driver and decided to move towards his home . After covering a certain distance, he met his driver and from there , both of them returned together . They reached home 1 hour early .
Find the ratio of speed of man and speed of driver .
Raju buys Candies worth Rs.40 each, Popos worth Rs. 45 each and Mints worth Rs.70 each. The average cost turns out to be Rs. 50. Which of the following can be a valid number of Pops purchased by Raju ?
A cricketer has played a certain number of innings in a year. He finds that had he not played the last innings where he scored 20 runs, or had he played another innings scoring 56 runs, his average would have increased by 1. What was his average ?
A empty swimming pool in a city gets completely filled with 10cm rainfall for 4 hours. It rains for 2 hours everyday in the city and in a pattern 1cm, 2cm, 4cm, 6cm, 8cm, 8cm, 4cm, 2cm, 1cm (1cm least and 8 cm highest) in rainy season. On which day does the swimming pool get completely filled, if it rain guage reads 1cm on the first day?
find the remainder when 17^24 - 13^24 is divided by 8(please provided the easy method to solve and suggest what all topics to be known well to handle such problems)