DAV Class 8 Maths Chapter 4 HOTS
Direct and Inverse Variation HOTS
1. While driving his car at a speed of \( 50 \, km/hr \), Ramit covers a distance from home to his office in 1 hour 30 minutes. One day he was 15 minutes late from his home. In order to reach office at time, what should be the speed of the car? Also, find the total distance covered by Ramit daily.
Solution
Let \( x \) be the speed of the car to reach office in 75 minutes. \[ \begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \text{Speed (km/hr)} & 50 & x \\ \hline \text{Time (minutes)} & 90 & 75 \\ \hline \end{array} \]
As the time is reduced, the speed of the car will increase to reach the office. It is a case of inverse variation
\[ \begin{align*} \implies a \times b &= k \text{ (constant)} \\ \\ 50 \times 90 &= x \times 75 \\ \\ x &= \frac{\cancel{50}^2 \times \cancel{90}^{30}}{\cancel{75}_{\cancel3_1}} \\ \\ x &= 2 \times 30 \\ \color{green} x &= \color{green} 60 \end{align*} \]To reach the office on time, the speed of the car should be \( \color{red} 60 \ km/hr \)
\[ \begin{align*} \color{green} Distance & = \color{green} Speed \times Time \\ & = 50 \times 1.5 \\ Distance & = 75 \ km \\ \\ \text{Total Distance} & = 75 \ km + 75 \ km \\ & = 150 \ km \end{align*} \]Answer Speed \( = \color{red} 60 \ km/hr \) , Distance \( = \color{red} 150 \ km \)