In reaching the Purnagiri a man took half as long again to climb the second third as he did to climb the first third and a quarter as long again for the last third as for the second third. He took altogether 5 hr 50 minutes. Find the time he spent o…

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Let the time taken in first third part of the journey be x minutes, then the time required in second third part of the journey is 3x/2 and in the last third part of the journey time required is 15x/8.
Therefore, x + (3x/2) + (15x/8) = 350min
⇒ x = 80 min

In reaching the Purnagiri a man took half as long again to climb the second third as he did to climb the first third and a quarter as long again for the last third as for the second third. He took altogether 5 hr 50 minutes. Find the time he spent on the first third of the journey?

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