Question

two cars started simultaneously towards each other from town A and B which are 480 km apart. It took first car travelling from A to B 8 hours to cover the distance and the second car travelling from B to A took 12 hours. determine when the car meet after starting at what distance from town A. Assume that both the cars travel at constant speed

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The distance from Town A is 288km.

Distance between the cars= 480km (Given)

Time taken by first car= 8 hours (Given)

Time taken by second car =12 hours (Given)

Speed of the first car = 480/8 = 60

Speed of the second car = 480/12 = 40

Relative speed of the cars when travelling in opposite direction -

= 60 + 40

= 100 km/hr

Therefore the car will meet in time -

= 480/100

= 4.8

Distance from A where they will meet = Speed of A x Time

= 60 × 4.8

= 288

Thus, the distance from Town A is 288km.