SOLUTION: a PASSENGER NOTICED THAT SHE HAD FORGOTTEN HER BAG IN A BUS 12 MINUTES AFTER THE BUS HAD LEFT. TO CATCH UP WITH THE BUS, SHE IMMEDIATELY TOOK A TAXI WHICH TRAVELLED AT 95KM/HR.TH
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Question 1101238: a PASSENGER NOTICED THAT SHE HAD FORGOTTEN HER BAG IN A BUS 12 MINUTES AFTER THE BUS HAD LEFT. TO CATCH UP WITH THE BUS, SHE IMMEDIATELY TOOK A TAXI WHICH TRAVELLED AT 95KM/HR.THE BUS MAINTAINED AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 75KM/HR. DETERMINE
A)THE DISTANCE COVERED BY THE BUS IN 12 MINUTES.
B)THE DISTANCE COVERED BY THE TAXI TO CATCH UP WITH THE BUS
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The bus had traveled during the 12 minutes after the bus left.
Taxi at 95 km/hr and bus at 75 km/hr, means taxi is catching up at 20 km/hour.
t, time to catchup
------three-quarters hour, or 45 minutes.
Taxi traveled kilometers to catchup.
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