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Everyday Rohan rides his bicycle as part of his exercise. While travelling at a constant rate, he rides 5 miles in 25 minutes. At this rate , how long would it take Rohan to cycle 10 miles ?


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25 minutes

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30 minutes

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C

15 minutes

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D

50 minutes

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Solution

The correct option is D

50 minutes


The above problem is a case of direct proportion.

Let x be the number of minutes that Rohan takes to cycle 10 miles.

Hence, we have 525=10x

x = 25×105

Solving we get x= 50 minutes


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