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A thief drives his motor cycle at a speed of x kmph. The Policemen started chasing him in a jeep after 4 hrs and catches in 4 hrs. If the speed of jeep of policemen is 40 kmph, then calculate the speed of thief's motorcycle in kmph?
         
       
      
      
      
          
      
      
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         Answer: D) 20         
         
Explanation: Given that, speed of thief motorcycle is x kmph .
 
Given that, policemen started chasing him after 4 hours and catches him in 4 hours.
Distance travelled by the thief in 4 + 4 = 8 hours is d = s t 
=> d = 8x kms
 
Distance covered by the police in 4 hours is
D = 4 x 40 = 160 kms
 
To catch the thief, distance covered by the thief is equal to distance covered by the police .
 
Therefore,
d = D
 
d = 8x = 160 
x = 160/8 = 20
x = 20 kmph
 
Hence, the speed of thief's motorcycle is 20 km/hr.
 
 
       
      
      
      
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