Q.

At a metro station, a girl walks up a stationary escalator in time t1. If she remains stationary on the escalator, then the escalator take her up in time t2. The time taken by her to walk up on the moving escalator will be

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a

t1t2/t2+t1

b

t1t2

c

t1+t2/2

d

t1t2/t2t1

answer is C.

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Let the length of escalator be 'x'.

Speed of girl walking is xt1

Speed of the escalator is xt2

So the speed of girl walking on escalator will be xt1+xt2.

Time taken will be given by T=xxt1+xt2t1t2t1+t2

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