A car travels some distance at a speed of 8 km/hr and returns at a speed of 12 km/hr. If the total time taken by the car is 15 hours, then what is the distance (in km)?
Let the distance be d km.
We know that,
Distance = Speed/Time
$( \Rightarrow \;\frac{d}{8} + \frac{d}{{12}} = 15)$
$( \Rightarrow \;\frac{{3d + 2d}}{{24}} = 15)$
⇒ d = 72 km