Ajay reads at an average rate of 30 pages per hour, while Vikram reads at an average rate of 40 pages per hour. If Ajay starts reading a novel at 4:30 PM and Vikram begins reading an identical copy of the same book at 5:20 PM, at what time will they be reading the same page?
a) 7:50 PM
b) 8:15 PM
c) 8:40 PM
d) 9:00 PM
e) 9:25 PM

1 Answer

Answer :

Ajay reads at average rate of 30 pages per hour ie. 1 page in every two minutes.
Therefore, by 5:20 PM, he would have covered 25 pages
By 6:20 PM, Ajay would have read 25+30 pages and Vikram would have read 40 pages.
By 7:20 PM, Ajay would have read 85 pages and Vikram would have read 80 pages
In next half an hour, Ajay would cover 15 pages and he will finish 100 pages
Vikram would cover 20 pages and he will also finish 100 pages
Hence, both of them will be on same page at 7:50
Answer: a)

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