CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Mathematics and Statistics · Time and Distance
A delivery van of an Indian courier firm travels from Pune to Nashik, a distance of 210 km, at an average speed of 60 km/h. How long does the journey take?
The van takes 3 hours 30 minutes. Time equals distance divided by speed, so 210 km divided by 60 km/h gives 3.5 hours, and half an hour is 30 minutes. Hence the journey time is 3 hours 30 minutes.
- A3 hours 30 minutesCorrect
- B3 hours 10 minutes
- C4 hours
- D2 hours 50 minutes
Explanation
Time = Distance / Speed = 210/60 = 3.5 hours, which is 3 hours 30 minutes. Option 3 hours 10 minutes wrongly treats 0.5 hour as 10 minutes.
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