top button
Flag Notify
    Connect to us
      Site Registration

Site Registration

When the owner will overtake the thief ?

0 votes
192 views

A thief steals a car at 1:30 p.m. and drives it at 40 kmph . The theft is discovered at 2 p.m. and the owner sets off in another car at 50 kmph .
When the owner will overtake the thief ?

posted Jun 9, 2015 by Yogeshwar Thakur

Share this puzzle
Facebook Share Button Twitter Share Button LinkedIn Share Button

2 Answers

+2 votes

In half an hour the distance covered by the thief is 20 km.
Relative speed of the owner is: 50-40 = 10kmpm

Time to overtake him is 20/10 i.e. 2 hrs or 4 PM.

answer Jun 9, 2015 by Salil Agrawal
0 votes

Never.. he is following to catch the thief and not overtake him :P

answer Jun 9, 2015 by Cedric Grigory



Similar Puzzles
+1 vote

A thief steals a car at 2.30pm and drives it at 60kmph. the theft is discovered at 3pm and the owner sets off in another car at 75kmph when will he overtake the thief?

0 votes

John was a very careless driver, so his owner Jacob gave him an offer that he will get an incentive of Rs.30 for every bottle box he delivered without breaking it and he will be charged Rs.90 for every bottle box he broke. Jacob gave John 100 bottles-box to deliver. After delivery, Jacob paid John Rs.2400.
How many bottles-box did John break?

...