Question:Two men start together to walk a certain distance at 3.75 km and 3 km per hour respectively. The former arrives 30 minutes before the later. The distance they walked is :
A 7.5 km
B 10 km
C 12.5 km
D 15 km
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+ Answer
A
+ ExplanationSuppose they walked x km.Then,
`x/3 - x/(3.75)`
`= 30/60 => (0.75 x)/(3 xx 3.75)`
`= 1/2`
`:. x = (3 xx 3.75)/(1.5)`
`= 7.5 km`