CBSE Class 10 Maths (Basic) 2024 · Paper 430(B)/S · Question 36
Ashok and Harish are very close friends. They decided to go on a long drive with their families in separate cars. Ashok's car travels at a speed of km/h, while Harish was driving the car at a speed of 5 km/h faster than Ashok's car. Ashok took 4 hours more than Harish to complete the journey of 400 km. Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
- (i)Find the distance covered by Harish's car in two hours (in terms of ).[1]
- (ii)Make a quadratic equation describing the speed of Ashok's car.[1]
- (iii)(a)Find the speed of Ashok's car (in km/h).[2]
- (iii)(b)OR Find the speed of Harish's car (in km/h).[2]
Answer
(i) Distance covered by Harish's car in two hours km; (ii) ; (iii)(a) Speed of Ashok's car km/h; (iii)(b) Speed of Harish's car km/h.
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