Amartya Sen, Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory and for his interest in the problems of society's poorest members
If a man takes 25 minutes to reach railway station and his train is scheduled at “$%”. Then at what time should he leave to reach the station 10 minutes earlier?
Scheduled time of train = “$% = 5:20 To reach station 10 minutes earlier = 5:20 – 10 minutes = 5:10 Man take 25 minutes to reach station = 5:10 – 25 minutes = 4:45 = “%#”