Question: Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 15 and 20 minutes respectively. Both pipes are opened together, after how many minutes should Q be turned off, so that the cistern be fill in 12 minutes?

Solution:
P can fill the cistern in 15 minutes
So in 1 min P can fill the cistern = 1/15 th part
In 12 min, P can fill the cistern = 12/15
= 4/5 part

Remaining part = 1- (4/5) part
= 1/5 part

As Q can fill full cistern in 20 minutes
So it will fill 1/5 part in = (1/5) × 20 = 4 minutes.

∴ Pipe Q should be turned off after 4 minutes.

প্রশ্ন: আয়না থেকে 5 ফুট দূরত্বে দাঁড়িয়ে, আয়না থেকে আপনার প্রতিবিম্ব কতদূরে দেখা যাবে? 

সমাধান: 
আমরা জানি, 
আয়না থেকে লক্ষ্যবস্তুর দূরত্ব ও প্রতিবিম্বের দূরত্ব সমান। 
অতএব, প্রতিবিম্ব 5 ফুট দূরে দেখা যাবে।

Question: Two cars A and B travel from point P to point Q. Car A starts 1 hour before car B and reaches Q 2 hours after B when travelled at a speed 30 km/hr. If speed of car B is 50 km/hr, then find the distance between point P and point Q.

Solution:
Given that,
Car A starts 1 hour earlier than Car B.
Car A reaches 2 hours later than Car B.
Speed of Car A = 30 km/h
Speed of Car B = 50 km/h

Let time taken by Car B = x hours
Then,
Distance by Car A = 30 × (x + 3)
Distance by Car B = 50x

ATQ,
⇒ 30(x + 3) = 50x
⇒ 50x - 30x = 90
⇒ 20x = 90
∴ x = 90/20 = 4.5 hours

Use Car B's values,
∴ Distance = 50 × 4.5 = 225 km