Question

Places a and b are 125 km apart on a highway. one car starts from a and another from b at the same time.if the cars travel in the same direction speeds,then the meet in 5hours

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Places A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B at the same time.

Let us assume that the speed of the car from place A and B are

a

and

b

km/hr.

Case 1: The cars travel in the same direction at different speeds, they meet in 5 hours. The effective speed is the difference between the speed of two cars.

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p

e

e

d

=

D

i

s

t

a

n

c

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m

e

a

−

b

=

100

5

a

−

b

=

20