Question

Motorists A, B and C are travelling from Town X to Town Y which is 36 km apart. When Motorist A reached Town Y, Motorists B and C still had 12 km and 15 km respectively to travel, How far was Motorist C from Town Y when Motorist B reached Town Y?

Answer 1

It is given that Motorists A, B and C are travelling from Town X to Town Y which is 36 km apart.

It is given that when Motorist A is reached town Y , motorist B need to cover 12 km distance to reach town Y and motorist C need to cover 15 km distance to reach town Y.

A can travel 36 km in one hour.

B can travel 24 km in one hour.

C can travel 21 km in one hour.

Now, B can reach to point Y in half hour as there is only 12 km left to cover.

So, in half the C covers only 10.5 km.

And initially it is 15 km apart from point Y but when B reached to point Y.

C left with 4.5 km that is

Hence Motorist C from Town Y when Motorist B reached Town Y is 4.5 km.