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Yaseen was travelling from City A to City B. He travelled the first one-fifth of the distance at 10 km/h, and the next three-twentieth of the distance at 15 km/h. Of the remaining distance, he travelled one part at 20 km/h and the rest of the distance at 12 km/h. If the average speed of Yaseen for the entire trip was 16 km/h, what part of the entire trip did Yaseen cover at 20 km/h?

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 1

Let the total distance from City A to City B be DD km.

First part: 15D\frac{1}{5}D at 10 km/h

Second part: 320D\frac{3}{20}D at 15 km/h

Distance covered in first two parts:

15D+320D\frac{1}{5}D + \frac{3}{20}D

=420D+320D= \frac{4}{20}D + \frac{3}{20}D

=720D= \frac{7}{20}D

Remaining distance:

D−720DD - \frac{7}{20}D

=1320D= \frac{13}{20}D


Let Yaseen cover a fraction xx of the total distance at 20 km/h.

Then the rest at 12 km/h would be: 1320D−xD\frac{13}{20}D - xD


Time for first part: 15D10\frac{\frac{1}{5}D}{10}

=D50= \frac{D}{50}

Time for second part: 320D15\frac{\frac{3}{20}D}{15}

=3D300= \frac{3D}{300}

=D100= \frac{D}{100}

Time for third part (at 20 km/h): xD20\frac{xD}{20}

Time for fourth part (at 12 km/h): 1320D−xD12\frac{\frac{13}{20}D - xD}{12}


Using the average speed formula:

Average speed=Total distanceTotal time\text{Average speed} = \frac{\text{Total distance}}{\text{Total time}}

16=DD50+D100+xD20+1320D−xD1216 = \frac{D}{\frac{D}{50} + \frac{D}{100} + \frac{xD}{20} + \frac{\frac{13}{20}D - xD}{12}}

Dividing both sides by DD:

1150+1100+x20+1320−x12=16\frac{1}{\frac{1}{50} + \frac{1}{100} + \frac{x}{20} + \frac{\frac{13}{20} - x}{12}} = 16

150+1100+x20+1320−x12=116\frac{1}{50} + \frac{1}{100} + \frac{x}{20} + \frac{\frac{13}{20} - x}{12} = \frac{1}{16}


Simplifying the left side:

150+1100=2100+1100=3100\frac{1}{50} + \frac{1}{100} = \frac{2}{100} + \frac{1}{100} = \frac{3}{100}

x20+1320−x12=x20+13240−x12\frac{x}{20} + \frac{\frac{13}{20} - x}{12} = \frac{x}{20} + \frac{13}{240} - \frac{x}{12}

=x(120−112)+13240= x\left(\frac{1}{20} - \frac{1}{12}\right) + \frac{13}{240}

=x(360−560)+13240= x\left(\frac{3}{60} - \frac{5}{60}\right) + \frac{13}{240}

=−x30+13240= -\frac{x}{30} + \frac{13}{240}


Substituting back:

3100−x30+13240=116\frac{3}{100} - \frac{x}{30} + \frac{13}{240} = \frac{1}{16}

Converting to common denominator (1200):

361200−40x1200+651200=751200\frac{36}{1200} - \frac{40x}{1200} + \frac{65}{1200} = \frac{75}{1200}

36−40x+65=7536 - 40x + 65 = 75

101−40x=75101 - 40x = 75

40x=2640x = 26

x=2640x = \frac{26}{40}

x=1320x = \frac{13}{20}

Therefore, Yaseen covered 1320\frac{13}{20} of the entire trip at 20 km/h.

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