Home
Class 10
MATHS
Two cars start together in the same dire...

Two cars start together in the same direction from the same place. The first car goes at uniform speed of `10 km h^(-1)`. The second car goes at a speed of `8 km h^(-1)` in the first hour and thereafter increasing the speed by `0.5 km h^(-1)`. each succeeding hour. After how many hours will the two cars meet ?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
9 hours
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION

    ICSE|Exercise Exercise 10F|25 Videos

  • ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION

    ICSE|Exercise Exercise 10D|11 Videos

  • BANKING

    ICSE|Exercise Competency Based Questions|10 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Two cars start together in the same direction from the same place. The first goes with uniform speed of 10 km/h. The second goes at a speed of 8 km/h in the first hour and increases the speed by 1/2 km/h in each succeeding hour. After how many hours will the second car overtake the first car if both cars go non-stop?

Two cars start together in the same direction from the same place. The first goes with uniform speed of 10 k m//hdot The second goes at a speed of 8k m//h in the first hour and increases the speed by 1//2k m each succeeding hour. After how many hours will the second car overtake the first car if both cars to non-stop?

A car is running at a speed of 15 km h^(-1) while another Similar car is moving at a speed of 45 km h^(-1) . Find the ratio of their kinetic energies.

A car travels 100 km with a speed of 50 km h^(-1) and another 200 km with a speed of 20 km h^(-1)~ . Is the motion uniform ? Find the average speed of the car.

A car travels with a speed 12 m s^(-1) , while a scooter travels with a speed 36 km h^(-1) Which of the two travels faster?

A car travels with speed 30 km h^(-1) for 30 minutes and then with speed 40 km h^(-1) for one hour. Find the average speed of car

A car travels with speed 30 km h^(-1) for 30 minutes and then with speed 40 km h^(-1) for one hour. Find the total distance travelled by the car

A train moves northwards with speed 80 km h^(-1) . While a car moves towards east with a speed of 60 km h^(-1) , what is the velocity of the train w.r.t the driver of the car ?

A bird is tossing (flying to and fro) between two cars moving towards each other on a straight road . One car has speed of 27 km h^(-1) while the other has the speed of 18 km h^(-1) . The bird starts moving from the first car towards the other and is moving with the speed of 36 km h^(-1) when the two cars were separated by 36 km . The total distance covered by the bird is

A car travels first 30 km with a uniform speed of 60 km h^(-1) and then next 30 km with a uniform speed of 40 km h^(-1) . Calculate : (i) the total time of journey, (ii) the average speed of the car.