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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper VI: Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning · Question 189 of 200

Q189
ArithmeticSpeed, Time & Distance
If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by him is:
  1. a.50 km
  2. b.56 km
  3. c.70 km
  4. d.80 km

Answer: (A) 50 km

In the same time the faster pace covers 4 km more per hour, so the 20 km extra means 5 hours of walking. At the actual speed of 10 km/hr he covered 50 km. 70 km is what he would have covered at 14 km/hr.

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