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A car travels some distance at a speed of 8 km/hr and returns at a speed of 12 km/hr. If the total time taken by the car is 15 hours, then what is the distance (in km)?

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Option 4 : 72
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Let the distance be d km.

We know that,

Distance = Speed x Time

⇒ d = 72 km 

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