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A car can finish a certain journey in 10 hours at the speed of 48 km/hr. By how much should its speed be increased so that it may take only 8 hours to cover the same distance?

Let the speed of car be km/hr














Time (hrs)



10



8



Speed (km/hr)



48







Therefore increased speed = 60 – 48 = 12 km/hr


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