278. Walking at 80% of his usual speed, a man is 10 mins late to his office. Find the usual time taken by hime to reach his office.

A. 20 minutes
B. 30 minutes
C. 40 minutes
D. 50 minutes
✅ The correct answer is option C. 40 minutes.
Let his

usual speed be x kmph

usual travel time be t hours

distance to office be d km d=xt d=(0.8x)*[t+(10/60)] xt=0.8xt+(2x/15) Solving,

t=40 minutes

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