The distance between Delhi and Pune is 1000 km. Rajdhani express started at 6 am from Delhi to Pune and Shatabdi express started at 8 am from Pune to Delhi. Speed of Rajdhani express is half of that speed of Shatabdi express and Shatabdi express reached at 4 am on next day of its journey. When will the trains meet for the first time?
The distance between Delhi and Pune is 1000 km. Rajdhani express started at 6 am from Delhi to Pune and Shatabdi express started at 8 am from Pune to Delhi. Speed of Rajdhani express is half of that speed of Shatabdi express and Shatabdi express reached at 4 am on next day of its journey. When will the trains meet for the first time? Correct Answer 8:40 PM
Time taken by Shatabdi express is 20 hours
∴ The speed of Shatabdi express is 1000/20 which will be 50 km/hr
Speed of Rajdhani express is 25 km/hr
∵ Rajdhani express starts 2 hours early than Shatabdi express.
∴ The distance travelled by it in 2 hours will be 50km hours and it needs to cover 950km.
Time at which they will meet can be find from relative speed which is
⇒ T = 950/(50 + 25)
= 950/75 = 12 hours 40 min
∴ Time of meet = 8 AM + 12 hour 40 min = 8:40 PM