Multiple choice

A motorcyclist goes from Bombay to Pune, a distance of 192 kms at an average of 32 kmph speed. Another man starts from Bombay by car 2 ½ hours after the first, and reaches Pune ½ hour earlier. What is the ratio of the speed of the motorcycle and the car ?

  1. 1:3

  2. 1:2

  3. 10:27

  4. 2:1
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The motorcyclist takes 192 km divided by 32 kmph, equaling 6 hours. The car starts 2.5 hours later and finishes 0.5 hours earlier, so it travels for 6 minus 2.5 minus 0.5, equaling 3 hours, making its speed 192 divided by 3, or 64 kmph. The ratio of 32 to 64 simplifies to 1:2.

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