On return from a business trip Mr. Chidambaram was to be picked up from the railway station by
his coachman. Someone he managed a train connection earlier and thus arrived two hours too early.
Immediately on arrived he rang up home for the coach and was told that it had just left in order to be
exactly in time for the train by which he was scheduled to come. To save the time he started walking
homeward at 3kmph. On the way he met the coachman who brought him home an hour before
schedule. How far is the Mr. Chidambaram’s house from the railway station?
Pick one
A) 22 B) 18 C) 99 D) 27 E) 11
Very good questions. Appeared in Puzzles book of Ravi Nirula.   Let the train's correct time is 9.00 am. Now chidambaram reached the station at 7 am and he was informed that the coachman (car) left at 7 am. So car takes 2 hours to reach the station. This car expected to reach home at 11 am.   But the car after picking up chidambaram, reached home 1 hour early. i.e., 10 am. So car has travelled 3 hours and 1.5 hours towards the station. So it picked him up at 8.30 am. Car saved distance equivalent to 30 minutes. but this distance is covered by Chidambaram by walk. He took 1.5 hours to cover this distance.   So Car speed is 3 times that of his walking speed. Car speed = 3 × 3 = 9 km.   We know that car takes 2 hours to reach station. So the distance = 9 × 2 = 18 km.   Answer:18
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On return from a business trip Mr. Chidambaram was to be picked up from the railway station by
his coachman. Someone he managed a train connection earlier and thus arrived two hours too early.
Immediately on arrived he rang up home for the coach and was told that it had just left in order to be
exactly in time for the train by which he was scheduled to come. To save the time he started walking
homeward at 3kmph. On the way he met the coachman who brought him home an hour before
schedule. How far is the Mr. Chidambaram’s house from the railway station?