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    Speed is a measurement of how fast an object is travelling.

    Its standard international unit


    of measurement is 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓/𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 but faster speeds are measured in 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓/𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓
    or even in terms of 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓/𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅.

    In solving Mathematical Olympiad problems, it is very useful to express the speed of Object
    𝐴 as a ratio to the speed of Object 𝐵. The same goes for the ratios of their distance travelled
    and time taken.

    For the purpose of this worksheet, here are some important formulae:

    𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
    𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
    𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒

    𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
    𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
    𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒

    𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐴ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑
    𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑢𝑝 =
    𝐷𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑

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    𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
    𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒

    For most, if not all, of the questions, it would require the use of one, or a combination, of
    the 4 formulas listed above.

    The deciding factor of which formula to use would be the information given as well as the
    variable which is to be solved for.

    Speed Triangle
    𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 × 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒
    𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 ÷ 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒
    𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 = 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 ÷ 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑
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    Example 1
    Juan, the fastest runner in his school’s marathon, ran at an average speed of 20 km/h.
    When Mussa, another runner covered half of the distance, Juan was 3.5 km in front of him.
    How many minutes later compared to Juan did Mussa finish the race?

    Practice 1
    In a 100-meter race, Fred finished 20 metres ahead of Clement and 60 metres ahead of
    Eddie. If the runners ran at constant speeds, how many metres did Clement finish ahead of
    Eddie?

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    Practice 2
    In a race, Car 2 crossed the finish line 0.0636 of a second ahead of Car 3. If both cars were
    travelling at the constant speed of 393 km/h for the final 10 seconds of the race, how far
    ahead of Car 3 was Car 2 when it crossed the finish line?

    Example 2
    Dylan started travelling from Singapore and planned to reach Johor Bahru by noon. For the
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    first half of the journey, his speed was !# of the planned speed. In order to reach Johor
    Bahru by noon, what fraction of his planned speed must he travel at for the second half of
    the journey?

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    Practice 3
    Dr Rupesh walked from his clinic to the park at an average speed of 3 km/h for 20 minutes.
    He continued his journey from the park to his home by jogging at twice his walking speed,
    if the total distance from his clinic to his home via the park was 2500 m, how long did Dr
    Rupesh take to complete his journey?

    Practice 4
    Car 𝐴 and Car 𝐵 left their village at the same time, at speeds of 100 km/h and 60 km/h
    respectively. Find the distance between the two cars after 18 seconds.

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    Example 3
    Maggie and Nelson left Town 𝐴 for Town 𝐵 at the same time, at speeds of 80 m/min and
    60 m/min respectively. Maggie rested for 30 minutes upon arrival, before starting her
    return trip from Town 𝐵. Maggie met with Nelson 15 minutes later on her return trip. Find
    the distance between Town 𝐴 and Town 𝐵.

    Practice 5
    Eddie walked from home to school every day. The whole journey is 2.4 km, which includes
    an upslope and a downslope, and takes 1.1 h. Assuming his uphill speed is the same going
    there and coming back and similarly for his downhill speed, find the time taken for Eddie
    to walk school from home.
    3𝑘𝑚
    /ℎ
    /ℎ
    2𝑘𝑚

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    Practice 6
    𝐴 and 𝐵 walked up and down a slope, starting at the same time. The speed for walking
    down is twice of their original speeds. 𝐵 was 600 metres away when 𝐴 reached the peak.
    𝐵 was walking down and at the middle of the slope when 𝐴 returned to the starting point.
    Find the length of the slope.

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    Example 4
    Andy left City 𝐴 for City 𝐵. If he increased his speed by 20%, he would reach City 𝐵 1 hour
    ahead of schedule. If he travelled at the original speed for the first 100 km, before
    increasing his speed by 30%, he would also reach City 𝐵 1 hour earlier. Find the distance
    between the 2 cities.

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    Practice 7
    A car left Town 𝐴 for Town 𝐵. At the same time, a motorcycle left Town 𝐵 for Town 𝐴. The
    2 vehicles encountered for the 1 st time, 60 km from Town 𝐴, and continued with their
    journey. They each made a U-turn upon arrival at their destinations. This time, they met
    30 km from Town 𝐵. Find the distance between the 2 towns.

    Practice 8
    Alden and Ben were both travelling up a moving escalator. Taking one step at a time, Alden
    took 1 second to walk up 2 steps while Ben took 3 seconds to walk up 2 steps. Alden took
    32 seconds to get to the top while Ben took 48 seconds. How many steps were there on
    the escalator?

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    Practice 9
    Car 𝐴 left Cambridge for Manchester and Car 𝐵 left Manchester for Cambridge at the same
    time, at speeds of 60 km/h and 36 km/h respectively. The 2 vehicles met after 2 h and 40
    minutes. How many minutes must Car 𝐵 start the journey before Car 𝐴 if both cars were
    to meet at the midpoint of Manchester and Cambridge?

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    Try These!

    1. A very long travelator moves at a constant speed of 1.5 m/s. Amber steps onto the
    travelator and stands. Bobby steps onto the same travelator 2 seconds after Amber,
    and continue to walk at 1 m/s. Two seconds later, Charlie reaches the start of the
    travelator. He did not get on the travelator but jogs alongside it at 2 m/s. After a
    certain time, Bobby is ahead of Amber who is exactly halfway between Bobby and
    Charlie. Find the distance between the start of the travelator and Amber at that
    moment.

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    2. A train, after travelling 70 km from Station 𝐴 towards Station 𝐵, developed an engine
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    fault at Point 𝑋, and covered the remaining journey at $ of its earlier speed and arrived
    1 hour and 20 minutes late. If the fault had developed 35 km further on at Point 𝑌, it
    would have arrived 20 minutes sooner.
    a) What is the original speed of the train?
    b) What is the distance from Station 𝐴 to Station 𝐵?

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