Civil Engineering Nov 2020 Review Innovations
Clock-Related Problems: Motion in a circle or any closed circuit
If the minute hand of Starting at the same time from the same point and…
the clock will describe 1. going in the same the direction:
x
an arc x minute spaces dfaster – dslower = 1 circuit
long, then during the x/12
2. going in opposite directions:
same time span, the RI dfaster + dslower = 1 circuit
hour hand will also
describe an arc x/12 4. A certain physicist, who is always in a hurry,
minute spaces long. In walks up an ongoing escalator at the rate of
short, to identify the one step per second. Twenty steps bring him
corresponding movement of the hour hand, always to the top. Next day he goes up at two steps
divide the movement of the minute hand by 12. per second, reaching the top in 32 steps. How
many steps are there in the escalator? Ans: 80
1. A businessman left his office for an 5. A man was enjoying the afternoon rowing
appointment and noticed the hands of the wall leisurely upstream when his baseball cap fell in
clock at past 8 o’clock. After more than two
the water. So absorbed was he in listening to
hours he returned and noticed that the hands of the music from his earphones that it was 12
the clock were interchanged. At what time did minutes before he discovered his cap missing.
he leave and at what time did he return? He turned around and recovered the cap 1 km
Answer: left = 8:58:44; came back = 11:44:53
downstream from where it fell. Assuming
2. It is now past 4PM. Four minutes from now, the constant speed and neglecting the time for
minute hand of the clock will be directly turnaround, what was the speed of the water
opposite the position of the hour hand 8 current? Answer: 2.5 kph
minutes ago. What is the time now? 4:49:27
6. A train, an hour after starting, had to stop due
3. At what time between three and four o’clock is to some engine trouble. After one hour, it
the minute hand the same distance from VIII as proceeded at 60% of its former rate and arrived
the hour hand is from XII? 3:23.08 3 hours after the time. Had the incident
happened 50km farther on the line, it would
have arrived 1.5 hours sooner. Find the length
of the journey. Answer: 88.89 km
Motion-Related Problems
distance = velocity × time 7. A and B run around a circular track whose
circumference is 150m. When they run in
opposite directions, they meet every 5 seconds,
Motion in water current or air current
but when they run in the same direction from
If x = velocity of (boat/airplane) in still
(water/air) the same point, they are together every 25
y = velocity of the (water/air), then seconds. What are their rates? Ans: 18 & 12m/s
x + y = velocity when going (downstream/with the For Practice:
wind) 1. Two trains started at the same time from cities A
x – y = velocity when going (upstream/against the
and B, respectively, the first going from A to B and
wind)
:
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the second from B to A. They traveled at uniform
but different rates. The first train reached B 4 hours
after they passed each other, the second reached A
2 hours and 15 minutes after they passed. Find the
time that each train required to make the trip.
Answer: 7 hrs & 5.25 hrs
2. Runner A travels at 1200fpm. Runner B travels
975’ during the 1st minute but goes 150’ further
each minute than in the minute immediately
preceding. Who will win in a mile race? Ans: B wins
3. What time between 2 and 3 o’clock will the angle
between the hands of the clock be bisected by the
line connecting the center of the clock and the 3
o’clock mark? Answer: 2:18:27.6
Situation 1. What time after 3:00 o'clock will the
minute-hand and the hour-hand of the clock be
4. together for the first time? 3:16:21.8
5. perpendicular for the first time? 3:32:43.6
6. in straight line for the first time? 3:49:05.4
Situation 2. How soon after 5:00 o'clock will the
hands of the clock form…
7. a 60-degree angle for the first time? 5:16.4
8. a 60-degree angle for the second time? 5:38.2
9. a 150-degree angles? 5:54.5
10. Between 3:00 and 4:00, Kathreen looked at her
watch and noticed that the minute hand was
between 5 and 6. Later, Kathreen looked again and
noticed that the hour hand and the minute hand
had exchanged places. What time was it in the
second case? 5:17.20
Situation 3. Allan can cover a circular track in 50
seconds while Brando can cover the same track in
40 seconds. Going in the same direction, find the
time they will be together if:
11. Brando gives Allan a head-start of 5 seconds.
Answer: 20 sec of Brando
12. Allan gives Brando a head-start of 5 seconds.
Answer: 175 sec of Allan
13. Allan and Brando started at the same time.
Answer: 200 sec