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CAT/1997

Question . 123

Boston is 4 hours ahead of Frankfurt and two hours behind India. X leaves Frankfurt at 06:00 pm on Friday and reaches Boston the next day. After waiting there for two hours, he leaves exactly at noon and reaches India at 01:00 am. On his return journey, he takes the same route as before, but halts at Boston for one hour less than his previous halt there. He then proceeds to Frankfurt.

 If X had started his return journey from India at 02:55 am on the same day that he reached there, after how much time would he reach Frankfurt?

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Method of solving this CAT Quantitative Ability Question from TIme, Speed, Distance and Work question

(a) Since he will halt at Boston for one hour less than his previous halt there.

Hence, Total time = 12 + 1 + 11 = 24 hrs.